to go
- verb
- /ɡoʊ/
- The electricity hummed, and the leaves went whoosh as the rake scraped along the hard ground.
- the saying goes
- the story goes
- the old saying goes
This voice, this super quiet voice just goes still love you.
- This voice, this super quiet voice just goes still love you.
- It's just you look at all of these things and you go, this is weird.
- The big thing, as the expression goes, I'm waiting for the big break.
- I don't watch things and and go wow, this is hilarious.
- And you hear Homer's consciousness go, OK, that does it.
- And she's just like, she leans in, She goes, don't tell anybody.
- And I'm just sitting there going, oh, mother fucker.
Examples
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-You know how this goes.
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So the guy on stage goes rar, rar.
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Do you know how love song goes on?
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Well, Danny... ...the time has come, as the saying goes.
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How goes the Sunday piece on cigarette girls?
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♪ When it goes Old Satan knows ♪
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Drip, drip, drip, goes the baby boy.
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The children love to sing along as the catchy song goes, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star."
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In the play, the character goes, "To be or not to be, that is the question."
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When the dog hears the mail truck, he goes woof loudly, letting everyone know someone is here.
Synonyms
To make a noise that others can hear
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To do something without real effort or interest because it is expected
- Informal
An idea or hope that is suddenly ignored and can no longer happen
- Informal
To be unable to think clearly because you are very worried or upset
- Informal
Start again from the beginning when a plan or idea fails
- Informal
To do something very different from what most people expect or usually do
To continue until the last possible moment while the result is not known
To try something new in a place or way no one has done before
The most important thing that makes life keep going, like money or love
- Informal
Leave a game or group angrily because you did not get your way
- Informal
To spend time looking at people and things happening around you without taking part
Phrasal Verbs
To leave home to take part in a social activity like eating or watching a film
- Specialized
To start selling shares to the public for the first time on a stock market
Have permission to leave a place where you were kept, usually after being arrested or accused
Compounds
A simple card game for two or more players where they ask for cards to make sets of four
A children's game where one person counts with eyes closed and finds hidden players
- Specialized
Stopping an approach or attempt to try again, for example when a plane pulls up instead of landing
- Jargon
A basketball move where a player passes the ball then runs toward the basket to get the ball back
- Literature
A place people are afraid to enter or are not allowed to enter because it is dangerous
A board game for two players using black and white stones to surround and capture opponent stones
How Audible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Go comes from Old English gān meaning 'to move', and we use that image for words, songs, or lines that 'run' in a certain way, so asking 'How does it go?' is like asking how it moves or sounds. That's why we say 'How does the song go?'.