All English words - page 1551

Meanings of Go-blank:

idiom

To forget something that you know, often temporarily

Usage examples:

I went blank and couldn't think of a single example., when she asked me his name, my mind went blank.

Meanings of Go-bonkers:

adjective

Mad; crazy.

Usage examples:

You're stark raving bonkers!

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-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-forward:

phrasal verb

Move ahead; travel onward in time or space

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-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-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-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-about:

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-on-strike:

phrase

To start to strike

Usage examples:

All 2,500 employees went on strike in protest at the decision to close the factory., they fired sev…

Meanings of Go-over:

phrasal verb

Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

Meanings of Go-past:

phrasal verb

Move past

Meanings of Go-separate-ways:

idiom

If two or more people go their separate ways, they stop being together

Usage examples:

In 1983 the group disbanded and went their separate ways.

Meanings of Go-steady-with:

phrase

To have a romantic relationship with one person for a long period

Usage examples:

She's been going steady with mike for six months., they met at a party and were soon going steady.,…

Meanings of Go-the-distance:

idiom

To manage to continue until the end of a competition

Meanings of Go-through:

phrasal verb

Go across or through

Meanings of Go-through-the-roof:

idiom

To rise to a very high level

Usage examples:

Prices have gone through the roof., when i was expelled from school, my parents went through the ro…

Meanings of Go-to-bed:

idiom

To have sex with someone

Meanings of Go-to-seed:

noun

A small, usually hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow

Usage examples:

A good defense lawyer knows how to plant these little seeds of doubt in the minds of jurors., we se…

Meanings of Go-to-the:

idiom

To become a morally bad person

Usage examples:

She thought her children would go to the bad unless they were strictly brought up.

Meanings of Go-to-the-dogs:

idiom

Become ruined

To become much worse in quality or character

Usage examples:

After joe retired, the business went to the dogs.

phrase

Deteriorate shockingly.

Usage examples:

The country is going to the dogs

Meanings of Go-to-the-polls:

phrase

To vote

Usage examples:

The country will go to the polls on 13 september., residents are preparing to go to the polls next …