I Place China Talk Time People Money Move

• she went into her room and shut the door behind her.
• i have to go to rome on business.
• she has gone to china (= is now in china or is on her way there).
• she has been to china (= she went to china and has now returned).

go

Verb Forms

1. to move or travel from one place to another
• She went into her room and shut the door behind her.
• I have to go to Rome on business.
• She has gone to China (= is now in China or is on her way there).
• She has been to China (= she went to China and has now returned).
• Are you going home for Christmas?
• She has gone to see her sister this weekend.

Extra Examples

• Could you go and get me a towel?
• I'm going to Spain this year.
• It's a long way to go just to see a couple of reefs.
• She's gone to Brazil on vacation.
• The weather was pretty bad when we went to Boston last year.
2. to move or travel, especially with somebody else, to a particular place or in order to be present at an event
• Are you going to Dave's party?
• Who else is going?
• His dog goes everywhere with him.
• He invited her to go with him to the concert.
3. to move or travel in a particular way or over a particular distance
• He's going too fast.
• They went farther north into the mountains.
• We had gone about fifty miles when the car broke down.

Extra Examples

• Slow down—you're going too fast.
• We had gone many miles without seeing another car.
4. to move in a particular way or while doing something else
• She crashed into a waiter and his tray of drinks went flying.
• The car went skidding off the road into a ditch.
• She went sobbing up the stairs.
• I tripped and went tumbling down the stairs.
• Don't go charging in there!
5. to leave one place in order to reach another
• SYNONYM depart
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/depart
• I must be going now.
• They came at six and went at nine.
• Has she gone yet?
• He's been gone an hour (= he left an hour ago).
• When does the train go?

Extra Examples

• After they'd gone there was an awkward silence.
• Don't go—I want to talk to you.
• Here's a list of things to remember before you go.
• The train goes in a few minutes' time.
• They went at about nine o'clock.
• What time did they go?
6. to leave a place and do something different
• to go on a journey/tour/trip/cruise
• Richard has gone on leave for two weeks.
• to go on holiday
• to go on vacation
7. to visit or attend a place for a particular purpose
• to go to school/college/university
• I have to go to hospital for an operation.
• I have to go to the hospital.
• to go to the cinema
• to go to the movies
• to go to prison/jail (= to be sent there as punishment for a crime)
• He goes to work by bus.
• I think you should go to the doctor's.
• Do you go to church (= regularly attend church services)?
• I always go to the gym before work.
8. to look at a particular page or website
• She went on Facebook and changed her relationship status.
• To find out what the terms mean, go to the glossary.
9. to leave a place or travel to a place in order to take part in an activity or a sport
• to go for a walk
• to go for a ride/drive/run/swim
• Shall we go for a drink (= at a pub or bar) after work?
• to go swimming/fishing/jogging
• I have to go shopping this afternoon.
• We're going sailing on Saturday.
• We went walking on the beach.
10. to be sent or passed somewhere
• I want this memo to go to all managers.
11. used to talk about how quickly or slowly time seems to pass
• Hasn't the time gone quickly?
• Half an hour went past while we were sitting there.
• The cruise went very quickly.
12. to stop existing; to be lost or stolen
• SYNONYM disappear
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disappear
• Has your headache gone yet?
• I left my bike outside the library and when I came out again it had gone.
13. to lead or extend in a particular direction
• Where does this road go?
• The trail goes north at this point.
• I want a rope that will go from the top window to the ground.
14. to have as a usual or correct position; to be placed
• This dictionary goes on the top shelf.
• Where do you want the piano to go (= be put)?
15. used to say that something does/did not fit into a particular place or space
• My clothes won't all go in that one suitcase.
• He tried to push his hand through the gap but it wouldn't go.
16. used to talk about how well or badly something makes progress or succeeds
• ‘How did the interview go?’ ‘It went well, thank you.
• Did everything go smoothly?
• How's it going (= is your life enjoyable, successful, etc. at the moment)?
• The way things are going, the company will be bankrupt by the end of the year.
17. used in many expressions to show that somebody/something has reached a particular state/is no longer in a particular state
• She went to sleep.
• The US and Mexico went to war in 1846.
• The law went into effect on 1 August.
• Shares went on sale this morning.
• They're threatening to go on strike again.
• That colour has gone out of fashion.
18. to become different in a particular way, especially a bad way
• to go crazy/mad/nuts/insane
• She's beginning to go blind.
• He suddenly went quiet.
• The company went bankrupt last year.
• The two little girls went missing over a week ago.
• Her hair is going grey.
• The children went wild with excitement.

Extra Examples

• I can't believe I'm going bald—I'm only thirty!
• She went bright red with embarrassment.
• The milk has gone sour.
19. to live or move around in a particular state
• to go naked/barefoot
• She cannot bear the thought of children going hungry.
20. to spend a period of time in a particular way
• They went for two weeks without receiving any news.
21. to not be noticed, reported, etc.
• Pippa's absence went unnoticed.
• Police are worried that many crimes go unreported.
• In these traditional stories, no crime goes unpunished.
• Customer service calls went unanswered.
22. to make a particular sound or movement
• The gun went ‘bang’.
• She went like this with her hand.
23. to be sounded as a signal or warning
• The whistle went for the end of the game.
24. if a number will go into another number, it is contained in that number an exact number of times
• 3 into 12 goes 4 times.
• 7 into 15 won’t go.
• 7 into 15 doesn’t go.
• 7 won’t go into 15.
25. to combine well with something
• SYNONYM match
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/match_1
• Does this jacket go with this skirt?
• Those colours don’t really go (together).

Extra Examples

• Leeks and potatoes go well together in a soup.
• That tie goes well with that shirt.
26. used to talk about what tune or words a song or poem has or what happens in a story
• How does that song go?
• I forget how the next line goes.
• The story goes that she's been married five times.
27. to say
• I asked ‘How much?’ and he goes, ‘Fifty’ and I go, ‘Fifty? You must be joking!’
28. to start an activity
• I'll say ‘One, two, three, go!’ as a signal for you to start.
• As soon as he gets here we're ready to go.
29. if a machine goes, it works
• This clock doesn't go.
• What makes it go?
30. used to talk about wanting to get rid of somebody/something
• The old sofa will have to go.
• He's useless—he'll have to go.
31. to get worse; to become damaged or stop working correctly
• Her sight is beginning to go.
• His mind is going (= he is losing his mental powers).
• I was driving home when my brakes went.
32. to die. People say ‘go’ to avoid saying ‘die’.
• You can't take your money with you when you go.
33. when money goes, it is spent or used for something
• I don't know where the money goes!
• Most of my salary goes on the rent.
• The money will go to finance a new community centre.
34. to be sold
• We won't let the house go for less than $200 000.
• There was usually some bread going cheap (= being sold cheaply) at the end of the day.
35. to be willing to pay a particular amount of money for something
• He's offered £3 000 for the car and I don't think he'll go any higher.
• I'll go to $1 000 but that's my limit.
36. to help; to play a part in doing something
• This all goes to prove my theory.
• It (= what has just happened) just goes to show you can't always tell how people are going to react.
37. to be available
• There just aren't any jobs going in this area.
38. to use a toilet
• Do you need to go, Billy?
39. anything that somebody says or does is accepted or allowed, even if it shocks or surprises people
• Almost anything goes these days.
40. in comparison with the average person, thing, etc.
• As teachers go, he's not bad.
41. to be nearly a particular age, time or number
• It was going on (for) midnight.
42. used to show what somebody intends to do in the future
• We're going to buy a house when we've saved enough money.
43. used to show that something is likely to happen very soon or in the future
• I think I'm going to faint.
• If the drought continues there's going to be a famine.
44. used to tell or warn somebody not to do something
• Don't go getting yourself into trouble.
45. something that is enough for a short time
• £50 should be enough to be going on with.
46. to make a very great effort to get something or do something
47. used to show that you are angry or annoyed that somebody has done something stupid
• Trust him to go and mess things up!
• Why did you have to go and upset your mother like that?
• You've really gone and done it (= done something very stupid) now!
48. to suddenly become very angry
• Now and again she really goes off on one.
49. used to express the fact that you do not believe something, or that you think something is bad
• Go on with you—you’re never forty. You don’t look a day over thirty.
50. (to have) many/not many advantages
• You're young, intelligent, attractive—you have a lot going for you!
51. not possible or allowed
• SEE ALSO no-go area
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/no-go-area
• If the bank won't lend us the money it's no go, I'm afraid.
52. used to say that you do not want to talk about something in any more detail because you do not even want to think about it
• Don't ask me to choose. I don't want to go there.
• ‘There was a problem with his parents, wasn't there?’ ‘Don't even go there!’
53. what you say to tell people to start a race
54. to start with; for now
• ‘One slice or two?’ ‘Just one to be going on with.’
55. that remains; still left
• I only have one exam to go.
56. if you buy cooked food to go in a restaurant or shop, you buy it to take away and eat somewhere else
• Two pizzas to go.
57. the way somebody behaves towards other people will affect the way those people behave towards them in the future
58. something that is not fashionable now will become fashionable again in the future
59. used to ask what action somebody should take, especially in order to improve the difficult situation that they are in
60. used by a soldier who is guarding a place to order somebody to say who they are
• Halt, who goes there?

Word Origin

• Old English gān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaan and German gehen; the form went was originally the past tense of wend.