English words starting with go - page 3

Meanings of Go-down-on:

phrasal verb

Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

Meanings of Go-down-to:

phrasal verb

To become less in amount, value, etc.

Usage examples:

Go down (sth) to sth the company's shares went down 7p to 53p., the battery should prevent the comp…

Meanings of Go-down-with:

phrasal verb

Begin to suffer from an illness.

Usage examples:

I went down with an attack of bronchitis

Meanings of Go-downhill:

idiom

To gradually become worse

Usage examples:

After his wife died, his health started to go downhill.

Meanings of Go-dutch:

idiom

To agree to share the cost of something, especially a meal

Meanings of Go-fast:

idiom

To completely fail to achieve something

Usage examples:

He was trying to persuade her to let him drive, but he was getting nowhere fast.

Meanings of Go-for:

phrasal verb

Intend with some possibility of fulfilment

Meanings of Go-forward:

phrasal verb

Move ahead; travel onward in time or space

Meanings of Go-from:

idiom

From the start of something

Usage examples:

The bridge-building project had problems with funding right from the word go.

Meanings of Go-from-strength-to-strength:

idiom

To gradually become more successful

Usage examples:

The firm's gone from strength to strength since the new factory was built.

Meanings of Go-getter:

noun

Someone who is energetic and works hard to succeed

Usage examples:

We like go-getters who bring in new customers.

Meanings of Go-getting:

adjective

Energetic, determined to be successful, and able to deal with new or difficult situations easily

Usage examples:

He's a go-getting high-powered business manager.

Meanings of Go-great-guns:

idiom

To go fast or successfully

Usage examples:

For the first 400 metres he was going great guns, but then he fell and that lost him the race.

Meanings of Go-hand-in-hand-with:

idiom

If something goes hand in hand with something else, it is closely related to it and happens at the same time as it or as a result of it

Usage examples:

Prosperity goes hand in hand with investment.

Meanings of Go-haywire:

idiom

To stop working correctly

Usage examples:

They told us later in the hospital that his heart had gone haywire.

Meanings of Go-in:

phrasal verb

To come or go into

noun

Frequently with at. an attack, an onslaught; a quarrel, an argument; a ‘set-to’. compare "run-in". chiefly australian in later use.

collocation

To risk all your money in a game such as poker (= a card game played for money)

Usage examples:

I bet, he raised me, i raised back, and then he went all in., he called the $100,000 and went all-i…

Meanings of Go-into:

phrasal verb

To come or go into

collocation

If a company goes into administration because it cannot pay its debts, it is allowed to start the formal process of making changes to its organization to try to avoid having to close its business and sell the things it owns

Usage examples:

The company announced last week it had gone into administration, blaming a drop in demand., the clu…

Meanings of Go-it:

phrase

Act in an energetic or enthusiastic way.

Usage examples:

Go it, dad! give him what for!

phrasal verb

To be given or sold to someone

Usage examples:

All the money raised will go to charity., he was everyone's go-to guy for computer problems.

collocation

To talk about something for a long time, often in an annoying way

Usage examples:

Everyone at school keeps going on about how amazing she is., he used to go on about what a wonderfu…

Meanings of Go-it-alone:

phrase

Act by oneself without assistance.

Usage examples:

They lack the knowledge and confidence to go it alone

idiom

To decide to do something by yourself, without help from other people

Usage examples:

I decided to go it alone and set up my own business at home.

Meanings of Go-off:

phrasal verb

Run away

Meanings of Go-off-at-a-tangent:

idiom

To suddenly start talking or thinking about a completely new subject

Usage examples:

It's hard to get a firm decision out of him - he's always going off on a tangent.

Meanings of Go-off-half-cocked:

idiom

Act prematurely or without reflection or too soon

adjective

To fail because of not being well planned or because of starting too soon

Meanings of Go-off-the-rails:

phrase

Begin behaving in an uncontrolled or unacceptable way.

Usage examples:

Sport saved them from going off the rails as youngsters

idiom

To start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly or illegally

Usage examples:

He went off the rails in his first year at university.

Meanings of Go-off-with-a-bang:

idiom

If a party or event goes off with a bang, it is very exciting and successful.

Meanings of Go-on:

phrasal verb

Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

collocation

To talk about something for a long time, often in an annoying way

Usage examples:

Everyone at school keeps going on about how amazing she is., he used to go on about what a wonderfu…