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[goh] /goʊ/

noun
1.
a Japanese game for two persons, played on a board having 361 intersections on which black and white stones or counters are alternately placed, the object being to block off and capture the opponent’s stones and control the larger part of the board.
/ɡəʊ/
verb (mainly intransitive) goes, going, went, gone
1.
to move or proceed, esp to or from a point or in a certain direction: to go to London, to go home
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(transitive; takes an infinitive, often with to omitted or replaced by and) to proceed towards a particular person or place with some specified intention or purpose: I must go and get that book
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to depart: we’ll have to go at eleven
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to start, as in a race: often used in commands
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to make regular journeys: this train service goes to the east coast
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to operate or function effectively: the radio won’t go
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(copula) to become: his face went red with embarrassment
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to make a noise as specified: the gun went bang
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to enter into a specified state or condition: to go into hysterics, to go into action
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to be or continue to be in a specified state or condition: to go in rags, to go in poverty
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to lead, extend, or afford access: this route goes to the north
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to proceed towards an activity: to go to supper, to go to sleep
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(transitive; takes an infinitive) to serve or contribute: this letter goes to prove my point
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to follow a course as specified; fare: the lecture went badly
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to be applied or allotted to a particular purpose or recipient: her wealth went to her son, his money went on drink
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to be sold or otherwise transferred to a recipient: the necklace went for three thousand pounds
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to be ranked; compare: this meal is good as my meals go
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to blend or harmonize: these chairs won’t go with the rest of your furniture
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foll by by or under. to be known (by a name or disguise)
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to fit or extend: that skirt won’t go round your waist
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to have a usual or proper place: those books go on this shelf
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(of music, poetry, etc) to be sounded; expressed, etc: how does that song go?
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to fail or give way: my eyesight is going
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to break down or collapse abruptly: the ladder went at the critical moment
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to die: the old man went at 2 am
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(often foll by by)

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to occur: happiness does not always go with riches
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to be eliminated, abolished, or given up: this entry must go to save space
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to be spent or finished: all his money has gone
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to circulate or be transmitted: the infection went around the whole community
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to attend: go to school, go to church
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to join a stated profession: go to the bar, go on the stage
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(foll by to) to have recourse (to); turn: to go to arbitration
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(foll by to) to subject or put oneself (to): she goes to great pains to please him
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to proceed, esp up to or beyond certain limits: you will go too far one day and then you will be punished
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to be acceptable or tolerated: anything goes in this place
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to carry the weight of final authority: what the boss says goes
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(foll by into) to be contained in: four goes into twelve three times
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(often foll by for) to endure or last out: we can’t go for much longer without water in this heat
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(transitive) (cards) to bet or bid: I go two hearts
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(transitive) (informal, mainly US) to have as one’s weight: I went 112 pounds a year ago
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(US & Canadian) (usually used in commands) takes an infinitive without to

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(informal) to perform well; be successful: that group can really go
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(transitive) (not standard) to say: widely used, esp in the historic present, in reporting dialogue: Then she goes, “Give it to me!” and she just snatched it
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(informal) go and, to be so foolish or unlucky as to: then she had to go and lose her hat
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be going, to intend or be about to start (to do or be doing something): often used as an alternative future construction: what’s going to happen to us?
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(slang) go ape, to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
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(slang) go ape over, to become crazy or extremely enthusiastic about
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go astray, to be mislaid; go missing
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go bail, to act as surety
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go bush, See bush1 (sense 14)
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go halves, See half (sense 15)
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(often foll by with) go hard, to cause trouble or unhappiness (to)
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(slang) go it, to do something or move energetically
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(informal) go it alone, to act or proceed without allies or help
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(informal) go much on, to approve of or be in agreement with (something): usually used in the negative: I don’t go much on the idea
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(informal) go one better, to surpass or outdo (someone)
58.
(informal) go the whole hog, See hog (sense 9)
59.
let go

60.
let oneself go

61.
to go

noun (pl) goes
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the act of going
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(informal)

64.
a turn: it’s my go next
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(informal) the quality of being active and energetic: she has much more go than I
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(informal) hard or energetic work: it’s all go
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(informal) a successful venture or achievement: he made a go of it
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(informal) a bout or attack (of an illness): he had a bad go of flu last winter
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(informal) an unforeseen, usually embarrassing or awkward, turn of events: here’s a rum go
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(informal) a bargain or agreement
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(informal) all the go, very popular; in fashion
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(informal) from the word go, from the very beginning
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See get-up-and-go
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(informal) no go, impossible; abortive or futile: it’s no go, I’m afraid
75.
(informal) on the go, active and energetic
adjective
76.
(postpositive) (informal) functioning properly and ready for action: esp used in astronautics: all systems are go
/ɡəʊ/
noun
1.
a game for two players in which stones are placed on a board marked with a grid, the object being to capture territory on the board
abbreviation
1.
general order
v.

Old English gan “to go, advance, depart; happen; conquer; observe,” from West Germanic *gai-/*gæ- (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian gan, Middle Dutch gaen, Dutch gaan, Old High German gan, German gehen), from PIE *ghe- “to release, let go” (cf. Sanskrit jihite “goes away,” Greek kikhano “I reach, meet with”), but there is not general agreement on cognates.

The Old English past tense was eode, of uncertain origin but evidently once a different word (perhaps connected to Gothic iddja); it was replaced 1400s by went, formerly past tense of wenden “to direct one’s way” (see wend). In northern England and Scotland, however, eode tended to be replaced by gaed, a construction based on go. In modern English, only be and go take their past tenses from entirely different verbs.

The word in its various forms and combinations takes up 45 columns of close print in the OED. Verbal meaning “say” emerged 1960s in teen slang. Colloquial meaning “urinate or defecate” attested by 1926. Go for broke is from 1951, American English colloquial; go down on “perform oral sex on” is from 1916. That goes without saying (1878) translates French cela va sans dire. As an adjective, “in order,” from 1951, originally in aerospace jargon.
n.

1727, “action of going,” from go (v.). The sense of “a try or turn at something” is from 1825; meaning “something that goes, a success” is from 1876. Phrase on the go “in constant motion” is from 1843.

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from the git-go, from the word go, give something a shot, have a crack at something, have something going (or working) for someone or something, let fly, let oneself go, no-go, no go, on the go, tell someone where to get off, there you go, to go, way to go, what goes around comes around
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general order
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ground out