to go
- verb
- /ɡoʊ/
- You need to press the button for the machine to go.
- Let's go
- get going
- ready to go
And then you could set them to go, you know, do that.
- And then you could set them to go, you know, do that.
Examples
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Stacy, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I got to go now.
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In fact, private practitioners can go one step further than court-appointed attorneys.
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And then you could set them to go, you know, do that.
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OK, we'll go with we'll go with that.
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You ought to have some of that pink wine to go with it.
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Both the Fed and the Bank of England had to go beyond their existing procedures.
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To make custom fixtures, Greenblatt had to go digital so he could exchange design information with customers.
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You're gonna go be a big movie star now, you don't need me.
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One fifth-grade teacher explained, "When I go in on Sunday afternoons, nobody complains."
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
To begin an action, event or process
To function correctly, as a machine or device
To make a machine or device work
To make a machine or system work as it should
To work in a particular role or job
To start doing something or to leave
To start operating and do the job it was made for
Start working, like lights or an alarm
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 Well
Surface Forms
Etymology
Go comes from Old English gān meaning 'to move', and we use that same idea for machines and events: if a clock or phone 'goes', it 'moves' into action or starts to work. So a machine that 'goes' is simply beginning to run.