to go
- verb
- /ɡoʊ/
- During the project, we will go through several phases to ensure its success.
- go forward
- go one step
- way to go
So let's see how this goes and blend.
- So let's see how this goes and blend.
- And if you ask me, it did not go well for Stormy Daniels.
- We'd rather the graph go like that, right?
- And, you know, the, the, the range goes from the Netherlands to Russia.
- That's because the reference point we have is going from FX to Ryzen.
- I don't think you can become king until you go through that.
- I kind of felt like my eyes were going through an evolution.
Examples
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You do know you should be going to that appointment, right?
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Look, can you see it goes from slow to quick?
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We'll see where it goes if it goes bad, OK.
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OK, so let's see how this goes if I can.
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So, yeah, let's just hope this goes well, OK?
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So let's see how this goes and blend.
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Moreover, university students are undoubtedly bound to go through stress during their educational careers.
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We'd better get going for Lordsburg as soon as we can.
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Kelly articulated that "achieving tenure was not going to be as easy" as she had anticipated.
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Then, before the Gao Kao, they go through everything they've done and review again.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
Take action to start or continue a process
Keep happening or keep being done without stopping
Start or continue something after deciding to do it
Begin or continue an action after a pause, often as planned
To move ahead in place, in time, or in progress
To continue doing something or stay in the same state
To start or continue something so it gets closer to a goal
Move on to a higher level after getting better
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 Far
Surface Forms
Etymology
Go comes from Old English gān meaning 'to move', and thinking of progress as movement helps: when things 'go' well they 'move' through stages in a good way. So asking 'How did it go?' is like asking how it moved through the event.