Go
Go into
begin a speech ordescription (He WENT INTO a long attack on the way press had handled the issue.)
be dedicated or devoted (A lot of time and effort WENT INTO this book.)
enter a profession, hospital, trade, market (She WENT INTO banking after she'd finished university.)
be contained in a larger number (Five GOES INTO sixty 12 times)
discuss in some detail (They refused to GO INTO exactly what was wrong.)
Go it
go or drive very fast (After the traffic jam, he really WENT IT to make up time.)
behave in a reckless way (ehave in a reckless way)
Go off
leave a place (Please don't GO OFF until we have sorted this out.)
take place, follow a plan or pattern (The party WENT OFF well.)
start to dislike (I WENT OFF her when she lied to me.)
go bad (The milk WENT OFF because I forgot to put it in the fridge.)
stop working (electric/electronic equipment) (The lights GO OFF automatically when the office is empty.)
explode (bomb), start ringing (alarm) (The fire alarm WENT OFF because someone was smoking in the toilets.)
Go off with
elope, run away with someone (She WENT OFF WITH her friend's husband.)
steal (He WENT OFF WITH my credit cards.)
Go on
progress (They asked me how the project was GOING ON.)
spend money (Most of my salary GOES ON my mortgage repayments.)
be nearly a certain period of time (It's GOING ON ten years since we met.)
start working (electric/electronic equipment) (The alarm GOES ON when you close the front door.)
be guided (The investigators have no clues to GO ON.)
talk too much (He's always GOING ON ABOUT his kids.)
start doing or taking something (She WENT ON the pill when she met him.)
happen (There are loads of people out in the street; what's GOING ON?)
continue (He WENT ON and ON talking and I was so bored.)
Go out
move backwards, of a tide (The tide GOES OUT in the evening.)
be eliminated in a competition (England WENT OUT in the second round.)
become infashionable (That sort of tie WENT OUT last year.)
be transmitted (The item WENT OUT on the news yesterday.)
go on strike (The workers WENT OUT for more money.)
be sent (The newsletter WENT OUT last night.)
leave a place (He WENT OUT last night.)
intend (I didn't GO OUT to offend them.)
stop burning, be extinguished (The candle WENT OUT and left us in darkness.)
Go over
be approved or accepted (My plans WENT OVER well.)
repeat or explain (Could you GO OVER that point again, please?)
visit (I hadn't seen her for a while, so I WENT OVER on Friday night.)
clean ( I WENT OVER the living room with the vacuum cleaner before they arrived.)
look at something, revise (We WENT OVER our notes before the exam.0
Go over to
become converted (She WENT OVER TO Islam when she was living in the Middle East.)
change to something different (I used to drink beer but I have GONE OVER TO wine.)
go on a journey (I'm GOING OVER TO Hong Kong next month.)
Go round
circulate (There's a nasty rumour GOING ROUND about them.)
visit (I WENT ROUND last night to see them.)
be or hve enough of something (There aren't enough jobs to GO ROUND for the numbers of people graduating nowadays.)
Go through
examine, search (I WENT THROUGH my desk looking for the letter.)
do something in a certain way or following certain procedures (You must GO THROUGH the proper channels to get the approval.)
read again (I WENT THROUGH my notes before the exam.)
explain (He WENT THROUGH his ideas twice but I couldn't really understand them.)
experience (You wouldn't believe what I WENT THROUGH when I was ill!)
be approved formally or sanctioned (My divorce WENT THROUGH last week.)
enter (They said I could GO THROUGH the exam room.0
consume or spend (We WENT THROUGH a fortune on our holiday.)
perform or cary something out (I WENT THROUGH my work in a daze after I heard the news.)
Go under
go bankrupt (Many small shops are GOING UNDER because they cannot compete with the supermarkets.)
lose consciousness (She WENT UNDER a few minutes after they administered the anaesthetic.)
sink (The ship WENT UNDER in a heavy storm.)
Go up
be built (Skyscrapers are GOING UP everywhere in the city centre.)
be heard (A huge cheer WENT UP when the president arrived.)
approach (We WENT UP and asked them for some information about the courses.)
be promoted (The top three teams GO UP at the end of the season.)
rise or climb (The price of petrol has GONE UP sharply because of the increase in duty in the Government's budget.)
Go up to
attend a university (She WENT UP TO Cambridge after she finished secondary school.)
reach (The book only GOES UP TO the start of the Second World War.)
approach (She WENT UP TO him and asked him if he wanted a drink.)
Go with
accept, agree to (We're GOING WITH our original plan in the end.)
date, have a relationship with (She's been GOING WITH him since she was at university.)
accompany (A lot of benefits GO WITH the job.)
combine nicely (Does this tie GO WITH my shirt?)
Go without
not have (I had to GO WITHOUT lunch today because I didn't have any time.)
cope without having something (They're not coming, so we'll have to GO WITHOUT their help.)