to go with
- phrasal verb
- /ɡoʊ wɪð/
- I know that sounds weird, but just go with it.
- a story to go with
Examples
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Go with the flow.
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And so the best choice for me was to go with a psychologist.
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And at that point, you just go with it, right?
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But we're just going to go with it anyway, OK?
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Do you want me to go with you?
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All right, general, I'll go with you on one condition.
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The second task that goes with the job is to be there in a crisis.
Academic text (1993) -
She loves going with her father.
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They're gonna have to go with their backup QB.
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I think it would be nice to go with you to the concert this weekend.
Synonyms
To fit with a particular thing or place
To be connected with a person, thing, or event
A thing included with a product as a usual extra, for example a charger with a phone
To be present at the same time as something else
To happen at the same time as something else
Happen or appear at the same time as another thing, often about words in text
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to choose/select' is partially derivable because 'go' can signal taking an option and 'with' conveys accompaniment or alignment, so learners may infer selection from context (e.g. 'I will go with the blue dress'). However the phrasal verb 'go with' also commonly means 'to match' or 'to suit', and the precise sense is context-dependent and somewhat idiomatic, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituents may not reliably predict the intended meaning.
Etymology
Go with comes from the simple image of two things walking side by side: one thing goes with the other when they move together. That's why go with now means 'to be with' or 'to appear with' something.