go
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1.6
- noun
- /ɡoʊ/
- I don't know, but let's give it a go, OK?
- give it a go
Examples
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I knew she was struggling to make a go of it, that she loved that club.
Fiction book (1996) -
She thought she would have a good go at baking a cake for her friend's birthday.
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Yeah, let your brother have a go, all right?
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Yes, and have a go at this and tell me what you think.
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Give it a go then!
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You really should have given him a go.
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I know it’s mad to even think about it... but if anyone could make a go of it... it’d be you.
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Robert Reynolds entered the pre-trial program in Malaysia, and he'd had a real rough go before that.
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After practicing for weeks, he was finally ready to give it a go at the singing competition.
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The team prepared for their first go at the project during the upcoming meeting.
Synonyms
749
1.0
A chance in a sequence to act or speak
67
4.0
An attempt to do something
26
2.3
A short try at doing something
15
6.3
A try at something new or unfamiliar
7
5.1
A short try at something you do not plan to continue
Idioms
- Informal
28
5.0
To do something without real effort or interest because it is expected
- Informal
28
7.5
An idea or hope that is suddenly ignored and can no longer happen
12
5.5
The most important thing that makes life keep going, like money or love
- Informal
9
7.4
To do something very different from what most people expect or usually do
- Informal
9
4.2
Start again from the beginning when a plan or idea fails
- Informal
6
9.5
A warning not to talk about a subject because it may make people angry
4
5.9
To continue until the last possible moment while the result is not known
3
8.9
To try something new in a place or way no one has done before
- Informal
2
4.6
To spend time looking at people and things happening around you without taking part
Compounds
- Specialized
20
8.4
Stopping an approach or attempt to try again, for example when a plane pulls up instead of landing
7
3.0
A simple card game for two or more players where they ask for cards to make sets of four
7
1.3
A children's game where one person counts with eyes closed and finds hidden players
- Jargon
2
5.3
A basketball move where a player passes the ball then runs toward the basket to get the ball back
- Literature
1
7.5
A place people are afraid to enter or are not allowed to enter because it is dangerous
1
7.2
A board game for two players using black and white stones to surround and capture opponent stones
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Go as a noun comes from the old verb gān 'to move', so a 'go' is your turn to move or try something. A helpful way to remember it is to think 'it is my go' meaning 'it is my move'.