go

1. verb

1)

he's gone into town

Syn:

move, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass; walk, travel, journey; literary betake oneself

2)

the road goes to Michigan Avenue

Syn:

extend, stretch, reach; lead

3)

the money will go to charity

Syn:

be given, be donated, be granted, be presented, be awarded; be devoted; be handed (over)

4)

it's time to go

Syn:

leave, depart, go away, withdraw, absent oneself, make an exit, exit; set off, start out, get underway, be on one's way; decamp, retreat, retire, make off, clear out, run off, run away, flee, make a move; informal make tracks, push off, beat it, take off, skedaddle, scram, split, scoot

Ant:

arrive, come

5)

how quickly the years go by

Syn:

pass, elapse, slip by/past, roll by/past, tick away; fly by/past

6)

a golden age that has gone for good

Syn:

disappear, vanish, be no more, cease to exist, come to an end, be over, run its course, fade away; finish, end, cease

Ant:

return

7)

when your money is gone, you'll come crawling back

Syn:

be used up, be spent, be exhausted, be consumed, be drained, be depleted

8)

I'd like to see my grandchildren before I go

Syn:

die, pass away, pass on, lose one's life, expire, breathe one's last, perish, go to meet one's maker; informal give up the ghost, kick the bucket, croak, buy it, bite the big one, buy the farm, check out; archaic decease, depart this life

9)

the bridge went suddenly

Syn:

collapse, give way, fall down, cave in, crumble, disintegrate

10)

his hair had gone gray

Syn:

become, get, turn, grow

11)

he heard the bell go

Syn:

make a sound, sound, reverberate, resound; ring, chime, peal, toll, clang

12)

everything went well

Syn:

turn out, work out, develop, come out; result, end (up); informal pan out

13)

those colors don't go

Syn:

match, be harmonious, harmonize, blend, be suited, be complementary, coordinate, be compatible

Ant:

clash

14)

my car won't go

Syn:

function, work, run, operate

15)

where does the cutlery go?

Syn:

belong, be kept

16)

this all goes to prove my point

Syn:

contribute, help, serve; incline, tend

2. noun

1)

her second go

Syn:

attempt, try, effort, bid, endeavor; informal shot, stab, crack, bash, whirl, whack; formal essay

2)

he has plenty of go in him

Syn:

energy, vigor, vitality, life, liveliness, spirit, verve, enthusiasm, zest, vibrancy, sparkle; stamina, dynamism, drive, push, determination; informal pep, punch, oomph, get-up-and-go

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- go about

- go along with

- go around

- go away

- go back on

- go by

- go down

- go far

- go for

- go in for

- go into

- go off

- go on

- go out

- go over

- go through

- go under

- go without