to go
- verb
- /ɡoʊ/
- Despite rainy weather, the students were thrilled to go outside and plant their gardens.
- keep going
- go on living
That's that's what's kept me going for my entire career.
- That's that's what's kept me going for my entire career.
Examples
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You are keeping the country going and people alive right now.
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Food and clothes from the passengers kept him going during the difficult German post-war years.
Academic text (2017) -
This feels like the only route, let's keep going.
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Justin: Marianne was worried she was going to have to go live with mean people.
Academic text (2012) -
Despite the harsh winter, the animals in the forest managed to go on and find food.
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During tough times, her determination helped her go on and face each challenge.
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He had to go on with his studies, even after facing many setbacks.
Synonyms
To continue to be alive
Keep happening or keep being done without stopping
To continue for a period of time
Continue to exist after a dangerous or difficult event
To deal with something difficult for a long time without giving up
To continue to exist after a dangerous or difficult time
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 Alive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Go started with the idea of keeping on moving (Old English gān), so to 'go' in hard times means to continue or survive. That's why we say someone 'goes' without food or 'keeps going' through difficulty.