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verb()perform as expected when applied
Examples:
The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in.
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verb()change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Examples:
How fast does your new car go?.
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verb()be in the right place or situation
Synonyms: belong,
Examples:
Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government.
Where do these books go?.
Where do these books go?.
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noun()a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
Synonyms: go game,
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verb()pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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noun()street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
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verb()continue to live and avoid dying
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verb()stop operating or functioning
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verb()to be spent or finished
Synonyms: run low, run short,
Examples:
The money had gone after a few days.
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noun()a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
Examples:
It's my go.
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verb()go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
Synonyms: rifle,
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verb()stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Examples:
His knowledge doesn't go very far.
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verb()follow a procedure or take a course
Examples:
We should go farther in this matter.
Go about the world in a certain manner.
Messages must go through diplomatic channels.
Go about the world in a certain manner.
Messages must go through diplomatic channels.
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verb()progress by being changed
Examples:
The speech has to go through several more drafts.
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verb()be abolished or discarded
Examples:
These ugly billboards have to go!.
These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.
These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.
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verb()be or continue to be in a certain condition
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verb()be ranked or compare
Examples:
This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go.
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verb()be spent
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adjective()functioning correctly and ready for action
Antonyms: no-go,
Examples:
All systems are go.
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()pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
Examples:
How is it going?.
The day went well until I got your call.
The day went well until I got your call.