| 单词 | go |
| 释义 | 1. moving or leaving2. link verb uses3. other verb uses, noun uses, and phrases4. phrasal verbs go (goʊ ) moving or leaving Word forms: goes , going , went , gone In most cases the past participle of go is gone, but occasionally you use 'been': see been.1. verb A1 When you go somewhere, you move or travel there. We went to Rome. [VERB preposition/adverb] Gladys had just gone into the kitchen. [VERB preposition/adverb] I went home at the weekend. [VERB preposition/adverb] Four of them had gone off to find help. [VERB preposition/adverb] It took us an hour to go three miles. [VERB amount] Synonyms: move, travel, advance, journey 2. verb A1 When you go, you leave the place where you are. Let's go. [VERB] She's going tomorrow. [VERB] 3. verb A1 You use go to say that someone leaves the place where they are and does an activity, often a leisure activity. We went swimming very early. [VERB verb-ing] Maybe they've just gone shopping. [VERB verb-ing] He went for a walk. [VERB + for] 4. verb A1 When you go to do something, you move to a place in order to do it and you do it. You can also go and do something, and in American English, you can go do something. However, you always say that someone went and did something. His second son, Paddy, had gone to live in Canada. [VERB to-infinitive] I must go and see this film. Go ask whoever you want. [V inf] 5. verb A1 If you go to school, work, or church, you attend it regularly as part of your normal life. She will have to go to school. [VERB + to] His son went to a top university in America. [VERB + to] 6. verb B1+ When you say where a road or path goes, you are saying where it begins or ends, or what places it is in. There's a mountain road that goes from Blairstown to Millbrook Village. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: lead, run, reach [informal], spread 7. verb You can use go in expressions such as 'don't go telling everybody', in order to express disapproval of the kind of behaviour you mention, or to tell someone not to behave in that way. You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings. [VERB verb-ing] Don't you go thinking it was your fault. [VERB verb-ing] 8. verb You can use go with words like 'further' and 'beyond' to show the degree or extent of something. He went even further in his speech to the conference. [VERB adverb/preposition] Some physicists have gone so far as to suggest that the entire Universe is a sort of gigantic computer. [VERB adverb/preposition] 9. verb B2 If you say that a period of time goes quickly or slowly, you mean that it seems to pass quickly or slowly. The weeks go so quickly! [VERB adverb] 10. verb B2 If you say where money goes, you are saying what it is spent on. Most of my money goes on bills. [VERB preposition/adverb] The money goes to projects chosen by the wider community. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: be given, be spent, be awarded, be allotted 11. verb If you say that something goes to someone, you mean that it is given to them. A lot of credit must go to the chairman and his father. [VERB + to] All the most important ministerial jobs went to men. [VERB + to] 12. verb If someone goes on television or radio, they take part in a television or radio programme. The president has gone on television to defend stringent new security measures. [VERB + on] We went on the air, live, at 7.30. [VERB + on] 13. verb If something goes, someone gets rid of it. There are fears that 100,000 jobs will go. [VERB] If people stand firm against the tax, it is only a matter of time before it has to go. [VERB] 14. verb B1+ If someone goes, they leave their job, usually because they are forced to. He had made a humiliating tactical error and he had to go. [VERB] Synonyms: be dismissed, be fired, be discharged, be laid off 15. verb B2 If something goes into something else, it is put in it as one of the parts or elements that form it. ...the really interesting ingredients that go into the dishes that we all love to eat. [V + into/in] 16. verb If something goes in a particular place, it fits in that place or should be put there because it is the right size or shape. He was trying to push it through the hole and it wouldn't go. [VERB] ...This knob goes here. [VERB preposition/adverb] 17. verb If something goes in a particular place, it belongs there or should be put there, because that is where you normally keep it. The shoes go on the shoe shelf. [VERB preposition/adverb] 'Where does everything go?' [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: belong, be kept, be located, be situated 18. verb If you say that one number goes into another number a particular number of times, you are dividing the second number by the first. Six goes into thirty five times. [VERB + into] 19. verb If one of a person's senses, such as their sight or hearing, is going, it is getting weak and they may soon lose it completely. [informal] His eyes are going; he says he has glaucoma. [VERB] Lately he'd been making mistakes; his nerve was beginning to go. [VERB] 20. verb If something such as a light bulb or a part of an engine is going, it is no longer working properly and will soon need to be replaced. I thought it looked as though the battery was going. [VERB] 21. verb If you say that someone is going or has gone, you are saying in an indirect way that they are dying or are dead. 'Any hope?'—'No, he's gone.' [VERB] go (goʊ ) link verb uses Word forms: goes , going , went , gone 1. link verb B1+ You can use go to say that a person or thing changes to another state or condition. For example, if someone goes crazy, they become crazy, and if something goes green, it changes colour and becomes green. I'm going bald. [VERB adjective] You'd better serve it to them before it goes cold. [VERB adjective] 50,000 companies have gone out of business. [VERB preposition] Synonyms: become, get, turn 2. link verb You can use go when indicating whether or not someone wears or has something. For example, if someone goes barefoot, they do not wear any shoes. The baby went naked on the beach. [VERB adjective] But if you arm the police won't more criminals go armed? [VERB adjective] 3. link verb You can use go before adjectives beginning with 'un-' to say that something does not happen. For example, if something goes unheard, nobody hears it. As President, he affirmed that no tyranny went unnoticed. [VERB-ed] go (goʊ ) other verb uses, noun uses, and phrases Word forms: goes , going , went , gone 1. verb B1+ You use go to talk about the way something happens. For example, if an event or situation goes well, it is successful. She says everything is going smoothly. [VERB adverb] How did it go at the hairdresser's? [VERB adverb] Synonyms: proceed, develop, turn out, work out 2. verb If a machine or device is going, it is working. What about my copier? Can you get it going again? [VERB] I said, 'My car won't go in fog.' [VERB] 3. verb If a bell goes, it makes a noise, usually as a signal for you to do something. The bell went for the break. [VERB] Synonyms: sound, ring, toll, chime 4. verb B1 If something goes with something else, or if two things go together, they look or taste nice together. I was searching for a pair of grey gloves to go with my new gown. [VERB + with] I can see that some colours go together and some don't. Wear something else. This won't go. [VERB] 5. verb You use go to introduce something you are quoting. For example, you say the story goes or the argument goes just before you quote all or part of it. The story goes that she went home with him that night. [VERB that] The story goes like this. [VERB preposition] As the saying goes, 'There's no smoke without fire.' [VERB with quote] 6. verb B2 You use go when indicating that something makes or produces a sound. For example, if you say that something goes ' bang', you mean it produces the sound 'bang'. She stopped in front of a painting of a dog and she started going 'woof woof'. [V with sound] The button on his jeans went POP. [V with sound] 7. verb You can use go instead of 'say' when you are quoting what someone has said or what you think they will say. [informal] They say 'Tom, shut up' and I go 'No, you shut up.' [VERB with quote] He goes to me: 'Oh, what do you want?' [VERB + to] 8. countable noun B2 A go is an attempt at doing something. I always wanted to have a go at football. [+ at] She won on her first go. Her hair was bright orange. It took us two goes to get the colour right. Synonyms: attempt, try, effort, bid 9. countable noun B1 If it is your go in a game, it is your turn to do something, for example to play a card or move a piece. I'm two behind you but it's your go. Now whose go is it? 10. See also going, gone 11. go all out for/to do sth phrase If you go all out to do something or go all out for something, you make the greatest possible effort to do it or get it. [informal] They will go all out to get exactly what they want. They're ready to go all out for the Premier League title next season. [+ for] 12. anything goes phrase If people say 'anything goes', they mean that anything people say or do is considered acceptable, and usually they mean that they do not approve of this. [disapproval] In the 90s, almost anything goes. 13. as things/people go phrase You use expressions like as things go or as children go when you are describing one person or thing and comparing them with others of the same kind. [informal] This is a straightforward case, as these things go. He's good company, as small boys go. 14. as you go along phrase If you do something as you go along, you do it while you are doing another thing, without preparing it beforehand. Learning how to become a parent takes time. It's a skill you learn as you go along. 15. go and do phrase If you say that someone has gone and done something, you are expressing your annoyance at the foolish thing they have done. [informal, disapproval] Well, he's gone and done it again, hasn't he? Somebody goes and does something mindless like that and just destroys everything for you. 16. go for it convention B2 You say 'Go for it' to encourage someone to increase their efforts to achieve or win something. [informal] 17. have a go at sb phrase B2 If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair. [mainly British, informal] Some people had a go at us for it, which made us more angry. 18. where do we go from here? convention If someone says 'Where do we go from here?' they are asking what should be done next, usually because a problem has not been solved in a satisfactory way. 19. make a go of sth phrase If you say that someone is making a go of something such as a business or relationship, you mean that they are having some success with it. I knew we could make a go of it and be happy. 20. on the go phrase If you say that someone is always on the go, you mean that they are always busy and active. [informal] I got a new job this year where I am on the go all the time. 21. have (got) sth on the go phrase If you have something on the go, you have started it and are busy doing it. Do you like to have many projects on the go at any one time? 22. to go phrase B2 If you say that there are a particular number of things to go, you mean that they still remain to be dealt with. I still had another five operations to go. 23. to go phrase If you say that there is a certain amount of time to go, you mean that there is that amount of time left before something happens or ends. There is a week to go until the elections. 24. to go phrase B1+ If you are in a café or restaurant and ask for an item of food to go, you mean that you want to take it away with you and not eat it there. [mainly US] Large fries to go. go (goʊ ) phrasal verbs Word forms: goes , going , went , gone Phrasal verbs: go about 1. phrasal verb The way you go about a task or problem is the way you approach it and deal with it. I want him back, but I just don't know how to go about it. [VERB PARTICLE noun/verb-ing] 2. phrasal verb When you are going about your normal activities, you are doing them. We were simply going about our business when we were pounced upon by these police officers. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If you go about in a particular way, you behave or dress in that way, often as part of your normal life. He used to go about in a black cape. [VERB PARTICLE preposition] He went about looking ill and unhappy. [VERB PARTICLE verb-ing] go after phrasal verb B2 If you go after something, you try to get it, catch it, or hit it. We're not going after civilian targets. [VERB PARTICLE noun] go against 1. phrasal verb If a person or their behaviour goes against your wishes, beliefs, or expectations, their behaviour is the opposite of what you want, believe in, or expect. Changes are being made here which go against my principles and I cannot agree with them. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If a decision, vote, or result goes against you, you do not get the decision, vote, or result that you wanted. The prime minister will resign if the vote goes against him. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Everything began to go against us. [VERB PARTICLE noun] go ahead 1. phrasal verb B2 If someone goes ahead with something, they begin to do it or make it, especially after planning, promising, or asking permission to do it. The district board will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan. [VERB PARTICLE + with] 2. phrasal verb B2 If a process or an organized event goes ahead, it takes place or is carried out. The event will go ahead as planned in Sheffield next summer. [VERB PARTICLE] go along 1. phrasal verb B2 If you go along to a meeting, event, or place, you attend or visit it. I went along to the meeting. [VERB PARTICLE + to] You should go along and have a look. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb [usually cont] If you describe how something is going along, you describe how it is progressing. Things were going along fairly well. [VERB PARTICLE adverb] go along with 1. phrasal verb If you go along with a rule, decision, or policy, you accept it and obey it. Whatever the majority decided I was prepared to go along with. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you go along with a person or an idea, you agree with them. 'I don't think a government has properly done it for years.'—'I'd go along with that.' [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go around regional note: in BRIT, also use go round 1. phrasal verb B2 If you go around to someone's house, you go to visit them at their house. I asked them to go around to the house to see if they were there. [VERB PARTICLE + to] Mike went round to see them. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] 2. phrasal verb If you go around in a particular way, you behave or dress in that way, often as part of your normal life. I had got in the habit of going around with bare feet. [VERB PARTICLE preposition] If they went around complaining publicly, they might not find it so easy to get another job. [VERB PARTICLE verb-ing] 3. phrasal verb If a piece of news or a joke is going around, it is being told by many people in the same period of time. There's a nasty sort of rumour going around about it. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If there is enough of something to go around, there is enough of it to be shared among a group of people, or to do all the things for which it is needed. Eventually we will not have enough water to go around. [VERB PARTICLE] go around with regional note: in BRIT, also use go round with phrasal verb If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them. I went around with them, but never felt like one of them. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go at phrasal verb If you go at a task or activity, you start doing it in an energetic, enthusiastic way. He sank the spade into the ground, and went at it. [VERB PARTICLE noun] go away 1. phrasal verb B1+ If you go away, you leave a place or a person's company. I think we need to go away and think about this. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B1+ If you go away, you leave a place and spend a period of time somewhere else, especially as a holiday. When you go away on holiday, you need to take extra security precautions. [VERB PARTICLE] Why don't you and I go away this weekend? [VERB PARTICLE] go back 1. phrasal verb If something goes back to a particular time in the past, it was made or started at that time. The feud between the two sects goes back to the 11th century. [VERB PARTICLE + to] Our association with him goes back four years. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If someone goes back to a time in the past, they begin to discuss or consider events that happened at that time. If you go back to 1960, you'll find that very few jobs were being created. [VERB PARTICLE + to] go back on phrasal verb If you go back on a promise or agreement, you do not do what you promised or agreed to do. The budget crisis has forced the President to go back on his word. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go back to 1. phrasal verb B2 If you go back to a task or activity, you start doing it again after you have stopped doing it for a period of time. I now look forward to going back to work as soon as possible. [V P P n/v-ing] Amy went back to studying. [V P P n/v-ing] 2. phrasal verb If you go back to a particular point in a lecture, discussion, or book, you start to discuss it. Let me just go back to the point I was making. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go before 1. phrasal verb Something that has gone before has happened or been discussed at an earlier time. This is a rejection of most of what has gone before. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb To go before a judge, tribunal, or court of law means to be present there as part of an official or legal process. The case went before the city's judge for the first time yesterday. [VERB PARTICLE noun] go by 1. phrasal verb B2 If you say that time goes by, you mean that it passes. My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you go by something, you use it as a basis for a judgment or action. If they prove that I was wrong, then I'll go by what they say. [VERB PARTICLE noun] go down 1. phrasal verb B1+ If a price, level, or amount goes down, it becomes lower or less than it was. Income from sales tax went down. [VERB PARTICLE] Crime has gone down 70 percent. [V P amount] Average life expectancy went down from about 70 to 67. [V P + from/to/by] 2. phrasal verb If you go down on your knees or on all fours, you lower your body until it is supported by your knees, or by your hands and knees. I went down on my knees and prayed for guidance. [VERB PARTICLE + on] 3. phrasal verb In sport, if a person or team goes down, they are defeated in a match or contest. They went down 2-1 to Australia. [V P num] 4. phrasal verb In sport, if a team goes down, they move to a lower division in a league. [British] Only two go down at the end of this season. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb If you say that a remark, idea, or type of behaviour goes down in a particular way, you mean that it gets a particular kind of reaction from a person or group of people. Solicitors advised their clients that a tidy look went down well with the magistrates. [VERB PARTICLE adverb] 6. phrasal verb B2 When the sun goes down, it goes below the horizon. ...the glow left in the sky after the sun has gone down. [VERB PARTICLE] 7. phrasal verb If a ship goes down, it sinks. If a plane goes down, it crashes out of the sky. Their aircraft went down during a training exercise. [VERB PARTICLE] 8. phrasal verb If a computer goes down, it stops functioning temporarily. The main computers went down for 30 minutes. [VERB PARTICLE] 9. phrasal verb To go down means to happen. [informal] 'What's going down? Any ideas?' [VERB PARTICLE] go down as phrasal verb If you say that an event or action will go down as a particular thing, you mean that it will be regarded, remembered, or recorded as that thing. It will go down as one of the highlights of my career. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] The riots of the early '80s must go down as a significant event in British history. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go down on phrasal verb [V P P, VERB PARTICLE] To go down on someone means to have oral sex with them. [informal, rude] go down with phrasal verb B2 If you go down with an illness or a disease, you catch it. [informal] Three members of the band went down with flu. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go for 1. phrasal verb B2 If you go for a particular thing or way of doing something, you choose it. People tried to persuade him to go for a more gradual reform programme. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you go for someone or something, you like them very much. [informal] I tend to go for large dark men. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If you go for someone, you attack them. Pantieri went for him, gripping him by the throat. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb If you say that a statement you have made about one person or thing also goes for another person or thing, you mean that the statement is also true of this other person or thing. It is illegal to dishonour bookings; that goes for restaurants as well as customers. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. phrasal verb If something goes for a particular price, it is sold for that amount. Some old machines go for as much as 35,000 pounds. go in phrasal verb If the sun goes in, a cloud comes in front of it and it can no longer be seen. [British] The sun went in, and the breeze became cold. [VERB PARTICLE] go in for phrasal verb If you go in for a particular activity, you decide to do it as a hobby or interest. They go in for tennis and bowls. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go into 1. phrasal verb B2 If you go into something, you describe or examine it fully or in detail. It was a private conversation and I don't want to go into details about what was said. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you go into something, you decide to do it as your job or career. Mr Pok has now gone into the tourism business. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If an amount of time, effort, or money goes into something, it is spent or used to do it, get it, or make it. Is there a lot of effort and money going into this sort of research? [VERB PARTICLE noun] go off 1. phrasal verb B2 If you go off someone or something, you stop liking them. [British, informal] 'Why have they gone off him now?'—'It could be something he said.' [VERB PARTICLE noun] I started to go off the idea. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B1 If an explosive device or a gun goes off, it explodes or fires. A few minutes later the bomb went off, destroying the vehicle. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb B1 If an alarm bell goes off, it makes a sudden loud noise. Then the fire alarm went off. I just grabbed my clothes and ran out. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb B1+ If an electrical device goes off, it stops operating. As the water came in the windows, all the lights went off. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb If you say how an organized event went off, you are saying whether everything happened in the way that was planned or hoped. The meeting went off all right. [VERB PARTICLE adverb/preposition] The voting went off without any undue irregularities. [VERB PARTICLE adverb/preposition] 6. phrasal verb Food or drink that has gone off has gone bad. [British] Don't eat that! It's mouldy. It's gone off! [VERB PARTICLE] go off with 1. phrasal verb If someone goes off with another person, they leave their husband, wife, or lover and have a relationship with that person. I suppose Carolyn went off with some man she'd fallen in love with. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If someone goes off with something that belongs to another person, they leave and take it with them. He's gone off with my passport. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go on 1. phrasal verb B2 If you go on doing something, or go on with an activity, you continue to do it. Unemployment is likely to go on rising this year. [VERB PARTICLE verb-ing] I'm all right here. Go on with your work. [VERB PARTICLE + with] I don't want to leave, but I can't go on. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B1+ If something is going on, it is happening. While this conversation was going on, I was listening with earnest attention. [VERB PARTICLE] I don't know what's going on. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb B1+ If a process or institution goes on, it continues to happen or exist. The population failed to understand the necessity for the war to go on. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb B2 If you say that a period of time goes on, you mean that it passes. Renewable energy will become progressively more important as time goes on. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb If you go on to do something, you do it after you have done something else. Alliss retired from golf in 1969 and went on to become a successful broadcaster. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] She went on to say that she had discussed it with the Canadian foreign minister. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] 6. phrasal verb If you go on to a place, you go to it from the place that you have reached. He goes on to Holland tomorrow. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb] 7. phrasal verb B2 If you go on, you continue saying something or talking about something. Meer cleared his throat several times before he went on. [VERB PARTICLE] 'Go on,' Chee went on. 'I'm interested.' [VERB PARTICLE with quote] 8. phrasal verb If you go on about something, or in British English go on at someone, you continue talking about the same thing, often in an annoying way. [informal] Expectations have been raised with the Government going on about choice and market forces. [V P + about] She's always going on at me to have a baby. [VERB PARTICLE + at] 9. phrasal verb B1+ You say 'Go on' to someone to persuade or encourage them to do something. [informal] Go on, it's fun. [VERB PARTICLE] 10. phrasal verb If you talk about the information you have to go on, you mean the information you have available to base an opinion or judgment on. But you have to go on the facts. [VERB PARTICLE noun] There's not much to go on. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 11. phrasal verb B1+ If an electrical device goes on, it begins operating. A light went on at seven every evening. [VERB PARTICLE] go out 1. phrasal verb A1 If you go out, you leave your home in order to do something enjoyable, for example to go to a party, a bar, or the cinema. I'm going out tonight. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B1+ If you go out with someone, the two of you spend time together socially, and have a romantic or sexual relationship. I once went out with a French man. [VERB PARTICLE + with] They've only been going out for six weeks. 3. phrasal verb If you go out to do something, you make a deliberate effort to do it. You do not go out to injure opponents. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] It will be a marvellous occasion and they should go out and enjoy it. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb B1+ If a light goes out, it stops shining. The bedroom light went out after a moment. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb B1+ If something that is burning goes out, it stops burning. The fire seemed to be going out. [VERB PARTICLE] 6. phrasal verb If a message goes out, it is announced, published, or sent out to people. Word went out that a column of tanks was on its way. [VERB PARTICLE] 7. phrasal verb When a television or radio programme goes out, it is broadcast. [British] The series goes out at 10.30pm, Fridays, on Channel 4. [VERB PARTICLE] 8. phrasal verb If a type of thing goes out, it stops existing or being used, usually because it is replaced by something else. Double-breasted suits went out years ago. [VERB PARTICLE] The weapons had gone out of use. [V P of n] 9. phrasal verb When the tide goes out, the water in the sea gradually moves back to a lower level. The tide was going out. [VERB PARTICLE] 10. phrasal verb If a person or team goes out of a competition, they are defeated in a game and therefore can no longer take part in the competition. Newcastle went out of the competition, losing 2-1 on aggregate. [V P of n] 11. See my heart/sympathy/thoughts go(es) out to sb go out for phrasal verb To go out for something means to try to do it or be chosen for it. [US] In seventh grade Mark went out for three sports but was rather poor in two of them. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] You should go out for Supreme Court justice. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go out of phrasal verb If a quality or feeling goes out of someone or something, they no longer have it. The fun had gone out of it. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go over phrasal verb B2 If you go over a document, incident, or problem, you examine, discuss, or think about it very carefully. I won't know how successful it is until an accountant has gone over the books. [VERB PARTICLE noun] go over to 1. phrasal verb If someone or something goes over to a different way of doing things, they change to it. The Armed Forces could do away with conscription and go over to a volunteer system. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you go over to a group or political party, you join them after previously belonging to an opposing group or party. Only a small number of tanks and paratroops have gone over to his side. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go round go around go through 1. phrasal verb B2 If you go through an experience or a period of time, especially an unpleasant or difficult one, you experience it. He was going through a very difficult time. [VERB PARTICLE noun] South Africa was going through a period of irreversible change. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you go through a lot of things such as papers or clothes, you look at them, usually in order to sort them into groups or to search for a particular item. It was evident that someone had gone through my possessions. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb B2 If you go through a list, story, or plan, you read or check it from beginning to end. Going through his list of customers is a massive job. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb When someone goes through a routine, procedure, or series of actions, they perform it in the way they usually do. Every night, they go through the same routine: he opens the bedroom window, she closes it. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. phrasal verb If a law, agreement, or official decision goes through, it is approved by a parliament or committee. The bill might have gone through if the economy was growing. [VERB PARTICLE] go through with phrasal verb If you go through with an action you have decided on, you do it, even though it may be very unpleasant or difficult for you. She tells Tony she can't go through with the wedding. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] go towards phrasal verb If an amount of money goes towards something, it is used to pay part of the cost of that thing. One per cent of total public spending should eventually go towards the arts. [VERB PARTICLE noun/verb-ing] Under the new approach more money will go towards improving the standard of training. [VERB PARTICLE noun/verb-ing] go under 1. phrasal verb If a business or project goes under, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence. [business] If one firm goes under it could provoke a cascade of bankruptcies. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If a boat, ship, or person in a sea or river goes under, they sink below the surface of the water. The ship went under, taking with her all her crew. [VERB PARTICLE] go up 1. phrasal verb B1+ If a price, amount, or level goes up, it becomes higher or greater than it was. Interest rates went up. [VERB PARTICLE] The cost has gone up to $1.95 a minute. [V P + to/from/by] Prices have gone up 61 percent since deregulation. [V P amount] 2. phrasal verb When a building, wall, or other structure goes up, it is built or fixed in place. He noticed a new building going up near Whitaker Park. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If something goes up, it explodes or starts to burn, usually suddenly and with great intensity. I was going to get out of the building in case it went up. [VERB PARTICLE] The hotel went up in flames. [V P + in] 4. phrasal verb If a shout or cheer goes up, it is made by a lot of people together. A cheer went up from the other passengers. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb In sport, if a team goes up, they move to a higher division in a league. [British] The team needs just one win from their last two games to go up. [VERB PARTICLE] go with 1. phrasal verb B1 If one thing goes with another thing, the two things officially belong together, so that if you get one, you also get the other. ...the lucrative $250,000 salary that goes with the job. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If one thing goes with another thing, it is usually found or experienced together with the other thing. I know he'll enjoy all the responsibility and work that goes with being captain. [VERB PARTICLE noun/verb-ing] 3. phrasal verb [VERB PARTICLE noun] If someone is going with another person, they are having a sexual or romantic relationship with that person. [informal] go without phrasal verb If you go without something that you need or usually have or do, you do not get it or do it. I have known what it is like to go without food for days. [VERB PARTICLE noun/verb-ing] The embargo won't hurt us because we're used to going without. [VERB PARTICLE] Collocations: alarm goes off Imagine arriving home after a fortnight's holiday in the sun to find a deluge of mail and your burglar alarm going off. Times, Sunday Times (2010) A burglar alarm went off, prompting the arrival of officers who detained the two undercover cops. The Sun (2016) Then exhaustion dragged him under and he slept deeply and dreamlessly until the alarm went off. DOLL'S EYES The winner came amid farcical scenes with fans just getting back to their seats in the West Stand after a fire alarm went off. The Sun (2011) When the alarm went off, the marbles clattered down on to my lino bedroom floor. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He could go anywhere, be anything, the world was his to seize. Times, Sunday Times She was not allowed to go anywhere except to work where colleagues noticed on several occasions that she had bruises. Times, Sunday Times Is it not possible to go anywhere in the world without encountering roadworks? Times, Sunday Times Because when you finally crack at checkmate, and fling that chessboard away in utter infuriated frustration, those pieces can literally go anywhere. Times,Sunday Times It comes in a variety of finishes, so it can go anywhere in your house. Times, Sunday Times A ' scratch tape' - the opera filmed in full - is ready to be transmitted should anything go awry with the live transmission. Times, Sunday Times (2011) When he's dealing with his godson freaking out after a pass-the-parcel session gone awry, no bother. Times, Sunday Times (2011) His businesses follow a giddy arc and tend to go awry. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This is a manager not afraid to make changes as soon as he detects things going awry. The Sun (2007) One possibility, he said, was that his judgment had gone awry because of the pressure of going public. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He put on his sports jacket and went downstairs. Globe and Mail (2010) I closed his door, went downstairs where the answer machine was winking --- the Hoover had masked the sound of the phone. RESCUING ROSE (2002) When his daughter asked him to read her a bedtime story he went downstairs and cried. Times, Sunday Times (2011) I went downstairs to find Frankie parked at his usual spot on double yellow lines and deeply engrossed in something. A CONVICTION OF GUILT They went downstairs and he was going round and round the tumble dryer. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Do you really go everywhere with a couple of prop forwards in the back, and a st bernard in the boot? Times, Sunday Times He will go everywhere and see everything, measuring, naming and classifying all he finds. Times, Sunday Times Leave it to cool fully and firm up or it'll go everywhere when you slice it. Times, Sunday Times Loved his job as a primary school teacher and would go everywhere by bicycle. Times, Sunday Times I go everywhere in a blizzard of spittle and hate. The Sun You have to get the pace right, going fast enough to keep the initiative but not so fast that you make crass errors. Times, Sunday Times (2013) You have smaller odds of it going fast than if you plump for either of the others. The Sun (2015) The sea mist had thinned considerably but the light was going fast. Bomber I might even go for a walk as well just to get the limbs moving. Times,Sunday Times Finally, for those who don't have space to grow their own, look around when you next go for a walk. Times, Sunday Times She rarely leaves her flat, unless it's to go for a walk alone. The Sun If you start to panic about anything, go for a walk to clear your head. The Sun He suggests we go for a walk later, to take in the city in which he was born, and which he still calls home. Times, Sunday Times We go forever not confronting because we don't want to make people angry. Christianity Today He seems to have lungs that go forever. The Sun Once lost, our natural and historical resources, and the cultural and economic value that they represent, are gone forever. Times, Sunday Times He shows how the classical rules of grammar are crumbling, were always crumbling and may soon be gone forever. Times, Sunday Times They'll recommend a transfer to a different provider; you send your money - and it's gone forever. The Sun Where the cool people go on vacation, who they hang out with and how they party. Times, Sunday Times I will finish on a high, just go on vacation, enjoy myself and rest. Times, Sunday Times When it comes to technology, you can go on vacation but you can't hide. canada.com The findings come as package deals remain one of the most popular ways to go on vacation, with three in ten holidaymakers planning to go on one this year. The Sun He decides to sell his home and go on vacation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mostly, they just want to go to sleep. Times, Sunday Times He was using it to go to sleep at night. The Sun Say a senior player was about to go to sleep in his hotel. The Sun You didn't go to sleep fully clothed by any chance, did you? Times, Sunday Times Aim to go to sleep at the same time each night. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 走, 即将 Japanese: 行く, ･･･するところだ |
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