单词 | to go it |
释义 | > as lemmasto go it b. to go it. extracted from gov. (a) (i) With complement expressing manner or speed of movement. colloquial (originally slang). To move or proceed at great speed; to engage vigorously or enthusiastically in some specified or implied activity. Frequently imperative, as an exhortation to move or act in this way. Cf. to go at it at Phrasal verbs 2. Now archaic and rare.See also to go it bald-headed at bald-headed adj. Phrases, to go it blind at blind adj. 1i, to go it strong at strong adv. Phrases 2e. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] twig1573 to go at ——1675 to go it1794 to come it1796 to lay it on thick1806 to blaze away1826 bushwhack1837 steam1842 split1844 rustle1882 to work like a demon1884 yank1888 go-at-it1904 to go somea1911 to put a jerk in it1919 to go (also do) one's (also a) dinger1923 to work (etc.) one's ass off1924 to go to town1933 to gie (or give) it laldy1974 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > be incautious [verb (intransitive)] to go it1840 to go it blind1840 1794 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor II. ii. 30 The moment I rushed by, one of them asked the other—‘Have you nabbed it?’ and was answered—‘No. Go it!’ 1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. iii. 198 Logic, under the domino, had been ‘going it’ upon a few of his friends with much humour. 1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 249 That's going it rather strong. 1856 Titan Mag. Aug. 101/1 ‘Go it, governor; smash, dash, and crash!’ 1870 London Society Christmas No. 77/1 Did you notice..how he was going it with that widow? 1911 G. B. Forbes Boys of Columbia High on Ice xv. 143 Faster, fellows!.. Go it, you tigers! 1963 M. Henry Stormy, Misty's Foal viii. 73 He felt Watch Eyes jolt, then stretch out swimming. ‘Go it! Go it!’ he shouted, and he stood up in his stirrups. 2011 M. Macilwee Liverpool Underworld ix. 120 To shouts of ‘Go it, go it’ and ‘Kill them, murder them’, Inspector Ross was savagely bludgeoned. (ii) With complement indicating independence. To act or proceed by oneself or independently, without support or help. Originally and chiefly in to go it alone. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] to have one's own rulea1393 to be one's own man (also woman, person)a1425 to be one's own master?1510 to stand on one's own bottom1564 to sit loose1591 independa1657 to paddle one's own canoe1828 to go it alone1842 to run one's own show1892 to go one's (own) gait1922 1842 Spirit of Times 9 Apr. 67/1 George pulled..to the head of the next quarter stretch, where his jockey looking at what he had in ‘hand’, determined to ‘go it alone’. 1855 Knickerbocker Apr. 335 A ball through his frontal bone Laid him flat on his back on the hard-fought ground, And left Captain Davis to go it alone. 1868 J. M. Dalzell John Gray 48 If he goes into business, he goes it by himself. 1907 Forest & Stream 24 Aug. 291/1 I speak of the trips on which you go it without a guide. 1966 Rep. Comm. Inq. (Univ. of Oxf.) I. 28 The appropriate question must be posed: not ‘how far can any college go it alone?’ but ‘how far can the colleges..co-operate to form the policies of Oxford?’ 2000 J. N. Wasserstrom in J. N. Wasserstrom et al. Human Rights & Revol. ii. 24 NATO did not seek and then wait for UN support for intervention,..but went it alone. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (intransitive)] scud1602 go scrape!1611 to push off (also along)1740 to go it1797 to walk one's chalks1835 morris1838 scat1838 go 'long1859 to take a walk1881 shoot1897 skidoo1905 to beat it1906 to go to the dickens1910 to jump (or go (and) jump) in the lake1912 scram1928 to piss offa1935 to bugger off1937 to fuck off1940 go and have a roll1941 eff1945 to feck off?1945 to get lost1947 to sod off1950 bug1956 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 naff1959 frig1965 muck1974 to rack off1975 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham III. 306 So you had better be moving..take yourself off—go it—budge. < as lemmas |
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