to go
- verb
- /ɡoʊ/
- Even his life insurance all goes to that daughter of his.
- money goes to
- percent went to
Examples
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You say none of the money goes to me or Ryan.
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All of the income from this activity goes into a hospital research fund.
Academic text (2015) -
Whereas at Alliance, all the money goes to the school.
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Only 26.8 percent of PDVSA's "social development expenditures" went to support education, health, and housing programs.
Academic text (2008) -
All of the income from this activity goes into a hospital research fund.
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You say none of the money goes to me or Ryan.
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Whereas at Alliance, all the money goes to the school.
Synonyms
To give money to buy something or pay for services
To give money for a particular purpose
Help make or prepare something
Save money or time for a special purpose
To help pay for something, often using money
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Go originally meant 'to move' (Old English gān), so saying money or time 'goes' to someone is an image of the money 'moving' to that person. That's why we say the prize 'goes' to Mary or time 'goes' into a project.