to go
- verb
- /ɡoʊ/
- He couldn't wait for his turn to go and pick a card from the pile.
- go first
- go ahead
- then you go
Examples
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Members go to the club website, click, and go to the entering process.
Academic text (2008) -
All right, so, I go first.
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Students make games out of the slides to see who will go further without making a mistake.
Academic text (1992) -
His plan was to get his degree and then go to some third-world country and teach.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's good to go outside and find a new location away from the rink.
Academic text (2017) -
In our school, roughly 96% of graduating seniors go on to some form of higher education.
Academic text (2008) -
It's your turn to go in the game; make your move!
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When it's my turn, I will go and roll the dice.
Synonyms
Take one's turn in a game
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Go comes from Old English gān meaning 'to move', and in games that original idea is still clear: to go is to make your move or take your turn. So 'It's your go' simply means 'It's your turn to move'.