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

go

1. to move or travel from one place to another
• She went into her room and shut the door behind her.
• He goes to work by bus.
• 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).
• I think you should go to the doctor's.
• Are you going home for Christmas?
• She has gone to see her sister this weekend.
• I'll go and answer the door.
• Go and get me a drink!
• Go ask your mom!
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.
3. to move or travel in a particular way or over a particular distance
• He's going too fast.
• We had gone about fifty miles when the car broke down.
4. to move in a particular way or while doing something else
• The car went skidding off the road into a ditch.
• She went sobbing up the stairs.
• She crashed into a waiter and his tray of drinks went flying.
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?
6. to leave a place and do something different
• to go on a journey/a tour/a trip/a cruise
• Richard has gone on leave for two weeks.
7. to visit or attend a place for a particular purpose
• I have to go to hospital for an operation.
• I have to go to the hospital.
• to go to prison (= to be sent there as punishment for a crime)
• Do you go to church (= regularly attend church services)?
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/drive/swim/run
• Shall we go for a drink (= at a pub or bar) after work?
• I have to go shopping this afternoon.
• We're going sailing on Saturday.
10. to be sent or passed somewhere
• I want this memo to go to all managers.
11. to lead or extend from one place to another
• I want a rope that will go from the top window to the ground.
• Where does this road go?
12. 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)?
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. used to talk about how well or badly something makes progress or succeeds
• ‘How did your interview go?’ ‘It went very 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.
16. 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.
• That colour has gone out of fashion.
17. to become different in a particular way, especially a bad way
• See related entries: Running a business
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/running_a_business/go_1
• to go bald/blind/mad/bankrupt, etc.
• Her hair is going grey.
• This milk has gone sour.
• The children went wild with excitement.
18. to live or move around in a particular state
• to go naked/barefoot
• She cannot bear the thought of children going hungry.
19. to not be noticed, reported, etc.
• Police are worried that many crimes go unreported.
20. 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.
21. to make a particular sound or movement
• The gun went ‘bang’.
• She went like this with her hand.
22. to be sounded as a signal or warning
• The whistle went for the end of the game.
23. to say
• I asked ‘How much?’ and he goes, ‘Fifty’ and I go, ‘Fifty? You must be joking!’
24. 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.
25. if a machine goes, it works
• This clock doesn't go.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. to die. People say ‘go’ to avoid saying ‘die’.
• You can't take your money with you when you go.
30. 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.
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. to be available
• There just aren't any jobs going in this area.
35. 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.
36. to use a toilet
• Do you need to go, Billy?
37. anything that somebody says or does is accepted or allowed, however shocking or unusual it may be
• Almost anything goes these days.
38. in comparison with the average person, thing, etc.
• As teachers go, he's not bad.
39. to be nearly a particular age, time or number
• It was going on (for) midnight.
40. used to show what somebody intends to do in the future
• We're going to buy a house when we've saved enough money.
41. 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.
42. used to tell or warn somebody not to do something
• Don't go getting yourself into trouble.
43. something that is enough for a short time
• £50 should be enough to be going on with.
44. to make a very great effort to get something or do something
45. 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!
46. to suddenly become very angry
• See related entries: Anger
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/anger/go_2
• Now and again she really goes off on one.
47. used to express the fact that you do not believe something, or that you disapprove of something
• Go on with you—you’re never forty. You don’t look a day over thirty.
48. (to have) many/not many advantages
• You're young, intelligent, attractive—you have a lot going for you!
49. 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.
50. 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!’
51. remaining; still left
• I only have one exam to go.
52. if you buy cooked food to go in a restaurant or shop/store, you buy it to take away and eat somewhere else
• See related entries: Dining out
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/dining_out/go_3
• Two pizzas to go.
53. the way somebody behaves towards other people will affect the way those people behave towards them in the future
54. something that is not fashionable now will become fashionable again in the future
55. used to ask what action somebody should take, especially in order to improve the difficult situation that they are in
56. used by a soldier who is guarding a place to order somebody to say who they are
• Halt, who goes there?

Extra Examples

• I can’t believe I’m going bald—I’m only thirty!
• She went bright red with embarrassment.
• This milk has gone sour.
• Everything went very smoothly.
• He goes on endlessly about his health problems.
• Leeks and potatoes go well together in a soup.
• Stop going on at me about that money.
• That tie goes well with that shirt.
• The cruise went very quickly.
• The days seemed to go by very slowly.
• The flight just seemed to go on and on.
• The novel went down well with the public.
• We’ll go on with the presentations after lunch.
• ‘How did your interview go?’ ‘It went very well, thank you.’
• After they’d gone there was an awkward silence.
• Are you going home for New Year?
• Are you going to Dave’s party?
• Could you go and get me a towel?
• Don’t go—I want to talk to you.
• Go get me a towel.
• He was going to a concert that evening and invited her to go with him.
• He’s been gone an hour.
• Here’s a list of things to remember before you go.
• How’s it going?
• I slipped and the tray I was carrying went flying.
• I think you should go to the doctor’s.
• I usually go to work by bus.
• I’m going to Spain this year.
• Is your partner going with you?
• It’s a long way to go just to see a couple of reefs.
• She has gone to China.
• She’s gone to Brazil on vacation.
• She’s gone to see her sister.
• Slow down—you’re going too fast.
• The car went skidding off the road.
• The train goes in a few minutes’ time.
• The way things are going the company will be bankrupt by the end of the year.
• The weather was pretty bad when we went to Boston last year.
• There was usually some bread going cheap at the end of the day.
• They went at about nine o’clock.
• Those colours don’t really go (together).
• We had gone many miles without seeing another car.
• We won’t let the house go for less than £200 000.
• What makes it go?
• What time did they go?
• to go on a journey/tour/trip/cruise
• to go on holiday/vacation

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they go
• he / she / it goes
• past simple went
• past participle gone
• -ing form going

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.