Word Finder - goes

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The act of going.

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A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).

example

It’s your go.

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• move
• stint
• turn

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An attempt, a try.

example

I’ll give it a go.

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• attempt
• bash
• shot
• stab
• try

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An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.

example

We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go.

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• green light

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An act; the working or operation.

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A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.

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The fashion or mode.

example

quite the go

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• mode
• style
• trend

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Noisy merriment.

example

a high go

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A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.

synonyms

• gage
• measure

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Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.

example

There is no go in him.

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• energy
• flair
• liveliness
• perseverance
• pizzazz
• spirit
• verve
• vigour
• vim
• vitality
• zest

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The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

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A period of activity.

example

ate it all in one go

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(British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.

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To move:

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• cross
• draw
• drift
• fare
• move
• tread
• wend

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(chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).

example

The engine just won't go anymore.

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• function
• operate
• work

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To start; to begin (an action or process).

example

Get ready, get set, go!

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To take a turn, especially in a game.

example

It’s your turn; go.

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• make one's move
• move
• take one’s turn

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To attend.

example

I go to school at the schoolhouse.

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To proceed:

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To follow or travel along (a path):

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To extend (from one point in time or space to another).

example

This property goes all the way to the state line.

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To lead (to a place); to give access to.

example

Does this road go to Fort Smith?

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To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)

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After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.

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• become
• change into
• turn

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To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.

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To continuously or habitually be in a state.

example

I don't want my children to go hungry.

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To come to (a certain condition or state).

example

They went into debt, she goes to sleep around 10 o'clock.

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To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.

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The traffic light went straight from green to red.

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To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

example

How did your meeting with Smith go?

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To tend (toward a result).

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These experiences go to make us stronger.

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To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.

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qualities that go to make a lady / lip-reader / sharpshooter

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To pass, to be used up:

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To die.

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To be discarded.

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This chair has got to go.

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To be lost or out:

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To break down or apart:

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To be sold.

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Everything must go.

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To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.

example

The award went to Steven Spielberg.

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To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.

example

Can you two go twenty minutes without arguing?!

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To have a certain record.

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The team is going five in a row.

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To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:

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To say (something), to make a sound:

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To be expressed or composed (a certain way).

example

As the story goes, he got the idea for the song while sitting in traffic.

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To resort (to).

example

I'll go to court if I have to.

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To apply or subject oneself to:

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To fit (in a place, or together with something):

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To date.

example

He's been going with her for two weeks.

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• date
• go out (with)
• see

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To attack:

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To be in general; to be usually.

example

As sentences go, this one is pretty boring.

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To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.

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Let's go halves on this.

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To yield or weigh.

example

Those babies go five tons apiece.

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To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.

example

I'll go a ten-spot.

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To enjoy. (Compare go for.)

example

I could go a beer right about now.

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To urinate or defecate.

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Have you managed to go today, Mrs. Miggins?