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[ verb ] change location; move, travel, or proceed
Examples "How fast does your new car go?" "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus" "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect" "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)`` Then we 'd really have someplace to go '' . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Moritz was bothered during the first two games this year by a pulled muscle in the thigh of his right ( kicking ) leg and , as a result , several of his successful conversions have gone barely far enough . The game players saw the Air_Force film Monday , ran for 30_minutes , then went in , while the reserves scrimmaged for 45 minutes . (The New York Times,...)The ball went off in a majestic arc , an out-of-bounds slice . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)True , the pattern and flow of the drama have strong literary qualities that are a_bit wearisome in the first_half , before Don_Quixote goes to the duke 's court . Related terms stay_in_place walk come return follow repair_to ride fall turn fly crawl pass travel_by travel_rapidly rise drive step advance descend follow rush wander proceed slither float swim withdraw wheel pursue scramble accompany walk step swing back circle pull pace play run come bounce float ease draw circle go_around glide transfer hurtle career stray trundle round ascend weave ride precede flock cruise angle speed travel shuttle trail taxi drift steam whistle lurch rip wend fly zigzag pan get_around ghost whine drag plow pass_over travel fall sift drive bang do beetle forge raft navigate carry retrograde swap float breeze derail billow zoom circulate hiss whisk slice_into circuit betake_oneself seek whish outflank propagate lance swash ski run retreat island_hop ferry automobile precess repair snowshoe ride prance step drive push move_around wash travel_purposefully repair_to continue climb travel_by rise advance advance descend elapse withdraw sink sink go_around abscond set go_out move_out move motion movement traveler change_of_location locomotion locomotion |
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[ verb ] follow a procedure or take a course
Examples "We should go farther in this matter" "She went through a lot of trouble" "go about the world in a certain manner" "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Under committee rules , it went automatically to a subcommittee for one week . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)But Mr._Hendl does not go straight to any point . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The objectification of the world of spirit in popular superstition had certainly gone far beyond what the experience of spirit could justify or support . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)However much we may have to criticize liberal theology 's constructive formulations , the theology we ourselves must strive to formulate can only go beyond liberalism , not behind it . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Here is a word_of_advice when you go shopping for your pansy seeds . |
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[ verb ] move away from a place into another direction
Examples "Go away before I start to cry" "The train departs at noon" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Rachel stayed_on after the doctor had gone . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)And yet Wilson knew that this place must go or he must go . And yet Wilson knew that this place must go or he must go . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)`` I will go '' . He smiled , but now that he knew where the elder Seward was , he did not intend to go . |
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[ verb ] enter or assume a certain state or condition
Examples "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news" "It must be getting more serious" "her face went red with anger" "She went into ecstasy" "Get going!" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)He ran his string of successful conversions this season to 13 straight before one went astray last Saturday night in the 41 - 8 slaughter of Washington_State . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Probably no one needs to tell you that the way to stop all bloom is to let the blossoms go to seed . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)On July 4 , 1959 , the patient developed marked abdominal pain and distension , went into shock , and died . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Once covertly looking at Simms_Purdew , the only man in the world whom he hated , he had seen the heavy , slack , bestubbled jaw open and close to emit the cruel , obscene banter , and had seen the pale blue eyes go watery with whisky and merriment , and suddenly he was not seeing the face of that vile creature . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)It had gone big with the Hollywood girls when he told them his sister was an editor of Art_and_Apparel . |
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[ verb ] be awarded; be allotted
Examples "The first prize goes to Mary" "Her money went on clothes" Used in print (The New York Times,...)To Spahn will go the Sid_Mercer_Memorial_Award as the chapter 's player of the year . The writers ' Gold_Tee_Award will go to John_McAuliffe of Plainfield , N._J. , and Palm_Beach , Fla. , for his sponsorship of charity tournaments . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)A major portion of the credit should also go to flautist Haumd for his rendering of the almost impossible `` Indianapolis '' movement in the Baslot . |
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[ verb ] stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Examples "Service runs all the way to Cranbury" "His knowledge doesn't go very far" "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life" Used in print (James J. Maguire, "A Family Affair"...)This is a problem that goes considerably beyond questions of salary and tenure . (Saturday Review, 44: 15...)Every library borrower , or at_least those whose taste goes beyond the five-cent fiction rentals , knows what it is to hear the librarian say apologetically , `` I 'm sorry , but we do n't have that book . (Marian Nester, "New Methods of Parapsychology"...)Maybe an entire scene comes into consciousness , with action and motion , or a static view : `` a house under a pine_tree , with a_little stone path going up to the door '' . |
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[ verb ] have a particular form
Synonyms Examples "the story or argument runs....", "as the saying goes..." Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)The detailed rundown on the Kansas_City scoring in the sixth went like this : (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)There are , after_all , fortunate souls who hear everything , but only know how to listen to what is good for them , and Stowey was , as things go , a fortunate man . Related terms |
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[ verb ] follow a certain course
Synonyms Examples "The inauguration went well" "how did your interview go?" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)`` Everything went real smooth '' , the sheriff said . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Further we cannot go , for the Dark_ages deserve their name . (Francis Pollini, Night....)Sonuvabitch , I can n't figure_out what in hell for they went and put niggers in my squad for . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)He had retained his hat and his horn , and , whatever fun might still be going , he was ready to join it . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)Their curiosity went happily out_of_bounds . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be abolished or discarded
Examples "These ugly billboards have to go!" "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)All Southerners agree that slavery had to go ; but many historians maintain that except for Northern meddling it would have ended in states like Virginia years before it did . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)The slit breeches had_to go . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Pullen_James humbly lowered his head , pushed_aside the hardtack box door of the hut , and was gone from sight . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Then it was gone . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)He saw the land with a stranger 's eyes , all the old familiarness gone . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be or continue to be in a certain condition
Examples "The children went hungry that day" Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)They would n't go hungry , not_yet . (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)Somehow more terrible than the certainty that he was about to die was the knowledge that Lord would probably not suffer for it : the murder would go unpunished . He , McBride , would be cited as in the wrong , and he , Lord , would go scot-free , an officer who had only done his duty , though perhaps too energetically . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make a certain noise or sound
Synonyms Examples "She went `Mmmmm'" "The gun went `bang'" Used in print (A. A. Fair, Bachelors Get Lonely....)What 's that thing going buzz-buzz-buzz in your car '' ? Related terms cause_to_be_perceived ring resound rustle boom rattle buzz crack rumble clang whistle make_noise tinkle click bang whizz drum snap roll crump tick thud whistle clop pop blow chatter clank snarl ripple lap chug honk resonate patter blow glug twang tap guggle splash hum bleep ping ping whish splat squelch trump drone boom clangor skirl tweet chime ting skirl gurgle sound audio |
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[ verb ] to be spent or finished
Examples "The money had gone after a few days" "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)His energy was gone . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)I raised some kale by hocking the good clothes I had left_over from my respectable uptown life , but when that was gone I did n't have a cent . (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)Already some of the pain had gone from Amelia 's death . |
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[ verb ] progress by being changed
Examples : "The speech has to go through several more drafts" "run through your presentation before the meeting" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)The bond issue will go to the state courts for a friendly test_suit to test the validity of the act , and_then the sales will begin and contracts let for repair work on some of Georgia 's most heavily traveled highways . |
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[ verb ] perform as expected when applied
Examples "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in" "Does this old car still run well?" "This old radio doesn't work anymore" Used in print (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)Interviewing , checking references , training the salesmen , having them go with more experienced salesmen was expensive - and the rate_of_attrition due_to resignations or unsatisfactory performance was too high . |
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[ verb ] pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
Examples "How is it going?" "The day went well until I got your call" Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)`` It 's been going since 1908 when I was a junior in college . Related terms |
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[ verb ] continue to live; endure or last
Examples "We went without water and food for 3 days" "The legend of Elvis lives on" "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America" "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)Churches can be strengthened through this process of co-optation so_long as the environs of the church provide a sufficient pool of people who can fit the pattern of economic integration ; once the pool of recruits diminishes , the congregation is helpless - friendly contacts no_longer keep it going . |
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[ verb ] (biology) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Examples "She died from cancer" "They children perished in the fire" "The patient went peacefully" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)His dream goes . (Jim Harmon, "The Planet with No Nightmare," If,...)These critters went real sudden '' . |
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[ verb ] be in the right place or situation
Synonyms Examples "Where do these books belong?" "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government" "Where do these books go?" Used in print (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)That was where the pegboard would go on which he would hang his hand_tools . Related terms |
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[ verb ] begin or set in motion
Examples "I start at eight in the morning" "Ready, set, go!" Used in print (Peter Wyden, "The Chances of Accidental War"...)All three must compare notes and agree to `` go '' . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be ranked or compare
Examples "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go" Used in print (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)Stilts and Shadow , on Pam 's bed , appeared to be one cat - rather large , as Siamese_cats go , and , to_be_sure , having two heads and two tails . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (pharmacology) designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws; in 1985 it was declared illegal
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14315
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[ verb ] stop operating or functioning
Examples "The engine finally went" "The car died on the road" "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town" "The coffee maker broke" "The engine failed on the way to town" "her eyesight went after the accident" |
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[ verb ] be sounded, played, or expressed
Examples "How does this song go again?" |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) be contained in
Examples "How many times does 18 go into 54?" |
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[ noun ] (Japanese) a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
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