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Synonyms of go in English:
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verb
1‘she went forwards, step by step’
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move, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass, walk, wend one's way
travel, journey
repair, remove, retire
literary betake oneself
2‘the road goes to London’
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extend, continue, carry on, stretch, reach
lead
3‘the money raised will go to charity’
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be given, be donated, be assigned, be allotted, be granted, be presented, be awarded
be applied, be devoted
be handed, be handed over, be turned over, be made over, be ceded
4‘it's time to go’
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leave, depart, take one's leave, take oneself off, go away, go off, withdraw, absent oneself, say one's goodbyes, quit, make an exit, exit
set off, set out, start out, get going, get under way, be on one's way
decamp, retreat, beat a retreat, retire, make off, clear out, make oneself scarce, slope off, run off, run away, flee
British make a move
informal make tracks, shove off, push off, clear off, beat it, take off, skedaddle, scram, split, scoot, up sticks, pack one's bags
British informal sling one's hook
North American informal vamoose, hightail it, cut out
rare abstract oneself
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arrive, come, stay
5‘three years went past’
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pass, pass by, elapse, slip by, slip past, roll by, roll past, tick away
wear on, march on
fly by, fly past
6‘a golden age that has now gone for good’
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come to an end, cease to exist, disappear, vanish, be no more, be over, run its course, fade away, melt away, evaporate
blow over
finish, end, stop, cease, terminate
rare evanish
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return
7‘25 of their 80 staff have gone’
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be dismissed, be given notice, be given one's notice, be laid off, be let go
British be made redundant
informal get the sack, be sacked, be fired, be given the boot, be given the push, get one's marching orders, be booted out, be axed, get the axe, get the chop
British informal be given one's cards
8‘her purse had gone’
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be stolen, be taken
go missing, disappear, be lost, be mislaid
9‘after a few weeks, all our money had gone’
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be used up, be spent, be finished, be at an end, be exhausted, be consumed, be drained, be depleted
10‘I'd like to see my grandchildren before I go’
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die, pass away, pass on, expire, depart this life, be no more, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, meet one's Maker, give up the ghost, go to the great beyond, cross the great divide, shuffle off this mortal coil, perish, go the way of all flesh, go the way of the flesh, go to one's last resting place
informal kick the bucket, bite the dust, croak, conk out, buy it, turn up one's toes, cash in one's chips, go belly up
British informal snuff it, peg out, pop one's clogs
11‘there was no warning at all before the bridge went’
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collapse, give way, fall down, cave in, fall in, crumble, disintegrate, break, fall to pieces
12‘his hair had gone grey’
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become, get, turn, grow, come to be
literary wax
13‘he heard the bell go’
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sound, sound out, make a sound, make a noise, resound, reverberate
ring, chime, peal, toll, ding, clang
14‘everything went well’
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turn out, work out, fare, progress, develop, come out
result, end, end up
informal pan out
rare eventuate
15‘the carpet and curtains don't really go’
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match, go together, be harmonious, harmonize, blend, suit each other, be suited, complement each other, be complementary, coordinate with each other, be compatible
16‘my car won't go’
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function, work, be in working order, run, operate, be operative, perform
17‘where does the cutlery go?’
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be kept, belong, have a place, be found, be located
be situated, lie, stand
18‘this all goes to prove my point’
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contribute, help, serve
incline, tend
noun
1‘his second go’
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attempt, try, effort, bid, endeavour
informal shot, stab, crack, bash, whirl, whack
formal essay
archaic assay
2‘he still has plenty of go in him’
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energy, vigour, vitality, life, liveliness, animation, vivacity, spirit, spiritedness, verve, enthusiasm, zest, vibrancy, spark, sparkle, effervescence, exuberance, brio, buoyancy, perkiness, sprightliness
stamina, dynamism, drive, push, determination
informal zip, zing, pep, pizzazz, punch, bounce, fizz, oomph, get-up-and-go, vim and vigour
North American informal feistiness
Phrases
- go through
1‘no one can imagine what she and the children have gone through’
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undergo, experience, face, suffer, be subjected to, live through, endure, brave, bear, tolerate, stand, withstand, put up with, brook, cope with, weather, come in for, receive, sustain
Scottish thole
2‘he went through hundreds of pounds of his mother's money’
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spend, use up, run through, get through, expend, consume, exhaust, deplete
waste, fritter away, squander
3‘he went through Susie's bag’
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search, look through, hunt through, rummage in, rummage through, rifle through, dig into, ferret in, ferret about in, ferret in, ferret around in, root about in, root around in, turn inside out
check
informal frisk, inspect
Australian, New Zealand informal fossick through
4‘it took me three hours to go through the report’
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examine, study, scrutinize, inspect, read over, look at, look over, scan, run over, check
analyse, consider, appraise, weigh up, review
5‘the deal has finally gone through’
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be completed, be concluded, be brought to a conclusion, be carried through, be brought off, be pulled off
be approved, be signed, be rubber-stamped
‘his dad had had a real go at him’
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attack, censure, criticize, denounce, condemn, arraign, find fault with, lambast, pillory, disapprove of, carp at, cavil at, rail against, inveigh against, cast aspersions on, pour scorn on, disparage, denigrate, deprecate, malign, vilify, besmirch, run down, give a bad press to
North American slur
informal knock, pan, slam, hammer, blast, bad-mouth, nitpick about, throw brickbats at, give flak to, lay into, lace into, pull to pieces, pull apart, pick holes in, hit out at, maul, savage, roast, skewer, crucify
British informal slag off, give some stick to, slate, monster, rubbish
North American informal pummel, cut up, trash
Australian, New Zealand informal bag
dated rate
archaic slash, vituperate against, reprobate
rare animadvert on, objurgate, excoriate, asperse, derogate, reprehend
‘we have to go by the referee's decision’
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obey, abide by, comply with, observe, keep to, conform to, follow, be guided by, heed, take as a guide
defer to, respect
ANTONYMS
flout
1‘the ship went down in a storm’
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sink, be submerged, founder, go under
2‘interest rates are going down’
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decrease, get lower, fall, drop, be reduced, decline
plummet, plunge, fall off a cliff, slump
ANTONYMS
rise
3‘they went down 2–1 in the first leg’
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lose, be beaten, be defeated, suffer defeat, be vanquished, collapse, come to grief
ANTONYMS
win
4‘his name will go down in history’
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be remembered, be recorded, be commemorated, be immortalized
‘Ruth went about her tasks enthusiastically’
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set about, begin, embark on, make a start on, start, address oneself to, get down to, get to work on, get going on, undertake
approach, tackle, attack
informal get cracking on, get cracking with
formal commence
1‘the lecture went on for three hours’
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last, continue, carry on, run on, proceed
endure, persist, stay, remain
take
2‘she went on about how much she loved the sea’
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talk at length, ramble, rattle on, talk on and on, carry on talking, chatter, prattle, prate, gabble, maunder, blether, blather, twitter
informal gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter, shoot one's mouth off
British informal witter, rabbit, natter, waffle, chunter
North American informal run off at the mouth
3‘I'm not sure what went on that night’
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happen, take place, occur, transpire
North American informal go down
literary come to pass, betide, chance
rare eventuate, hap
‘she hardly has time to watch TV because she's always on the go’
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busy, occupied, employed, hard at work, wrapped up
rushed off one's feet, rushed off one's feet with, hard-pressed
at work, at work on, on the job, absorbed in, engrossed in, immersed in, preoccupied with
active, lively, industrious, bustling, energetic, tireless
informal busy as a bee, hard at it
British informal on the hop
‘you'll need to go into the subject in greater detail’
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investigate, examine, inquire into, look into, research, study, probe, explore, delve into, try to get to the bottom of
discuss, consider, review, analyse, weigh up
‘just go away and leave me in peace’
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leave, go, depart, get going, get out, be off with you, shoo
informal scram, be on your way, run along, beat it, skedaddle, split, vamoose, scat, get lost, push off, buzz off, shove off, clear off, go jump in the lake, go and jump in the lake
British informal hop it, bog off, naff off, on your bike, get along, sling your hook
North American informal bug off, light out, haul off, haul ass, take a powder, hit the trail, take a hike
Australian informal nick off
Australian, New Zealand informal rack off
South African informal voetsak, hamba
vulgar slang piss off, fuck off
British vulgar slang sod off, bugger off
literary begone, avaunt
ANTONYMS
return
1‘it's been wonderful seeing you again, but I think it's time we got going’
SYNONYMS
leave, depart, take one's leave, take oneself off, go, go away, go off, withdraw, absent oneself, say one's goodbyes, quit, make an exit, exit
set off, set out, start out, get under way, be on one's way
decamp, retreat, beat a retreat, retire, make off, clear out, make oneself scarce, slope off, run off, run away, flee
British make a move
informal make tracks, shove off, push off, clear off, beat it, take off, skedaddle, scram, split, scoot, up sticks, pack one's bags
British informal sling one's hook
North American informal vamoose, hightail it, cut out
rare abstract oneself
ANTONYMS
arrive, come, stay
2‘the campaign got going in 1983’
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start, begin, get under way, go ahead
informal kick off
formal commence
1‘I went for the grilled tuna’
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choose, pick, opt for, select, plump for, take, settle on, decide on
ANTONYMS
reject
2‘he lost his temper and went for her’
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attack, assault, hit, strike, give someone a beating, beat up, assail, launch oneself at, set upon, spring at, spring on, rush at, let fly at, tear into, lash out at
informal lay into, rough up, let someone have it, beat the living daylights out of
British informal have a go at, duff up
North American informal beat up on, light into
3‘Philip's seeing Sarah—he goes for older women’
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be attracted to, find attractive, like, fancy
prefer, favour, choose, be drawn to, gravitate towards
informal have a thing about
ANTONYMS
dislike
‘she's gone down with flu’
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fall ill with, get, develop, contract, pick up, succumb to, fall victim to, be struck down with, become infected with
informal take ill with
North American informal take sick with
‘the production went down well with the audience’
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be successful, be a success, achieve success, triumph, make an impression, have an impact, get an enthusiastic reception
informal be a hit, be a winner, be a sell-out, go down a storm, score
‘we don't normally go in for this sort of thing’
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take part in, participate in, be a participant in, engage in, get involved in, join in, enter into, occupy oneself with, play a part in, be a party to, undertake
practise, pursue
take up, espouse, adopt, embrace
‘she went back on her promise’
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renege on, break, fail to honour, default on, backtrack on, back out of, repudiate, retract
go back on one's word, break one's word, break one's promise, do an about-face
informal cop out, cop out of, rat on
ANTONYMS
keep, honour
1‘I need to go over the figures’
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examine, study, scrutinize, inspect, read over, look at, look over, scan, run over, check
analyse, consider, appraise, weigh up, review
informal give something the once-over
2‘we spent the time going over our lines’
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rehearse, practise, read through, run through
‘he seemed happy enough to go along with your plans’
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agree to, agree with, fall in with, comply with, concur with, cooperate with, acquiesce in, assent to, follow
submit to, bow to, yield to, defer to
1‘the lights went out’
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be turned off, be extinguished
stop burning, die out, be doused, be quenched
2‘he's been going out with her for about two months’
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see, take out, be someone's boyfriend, be someone's girlfriend, be romantically involved with, go around with, keep company
informal date, go steady with, go with
Australian informal track square with
British informal, dated walk out with
North American informal, dated step out with
dated court, woo
‘his letter to the editor really got me going’
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stir up, rouse, arouse, excite, galvanize, electrify, stimulate, inspire, move, fire up, fire the enthusiasm of, fire the imagination of, whip up, inflame, agitate, goad, provoke, spur on, urge, encourage, animate, incite
1‘the bomb went off at 9.20’
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explode, detonate, blow up, burst, erupt
informal go bang
2‘the milk's gone off’
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go bad, go stale, go sour, turn, spoil, go rancid
decompose, go mouldy, be rotten
be past its sell-by date
1‘the wheels were still going round’
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spin, revolve, turn, rotate, whirl
2‘there's a nasty rumour going round’
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be spread, be passed round, be circulated, be put about, be in circulation, circulate, pass round, be disseminated, be broadcast
‘over 1,000 businesses went under in the last three months’
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go bankrupt, cease trading, go into receivership, go into liquidation, become insolvent, be liquidated, be wound up, be closed, be closed down, be shut, be shut down
fail
informal go broke, go to the wall, go belly up, fold, flatline
1‘I decided to go without breakfast’
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abstain from, forgo, refrain from, do without, deny oneself
give up, cut out, swear off
2‘she tried to make sure the children did not go without’
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lack for something, go short, go hungry, be in need, be deprived, be in want, suffer deprivation
‘we got the car going again after much trying’
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operate, switch on, turn on, start, start off, start up, set going, trigger off, trigger, trip, set in motion, activate, actuate, initiate, initialize, energize, animate
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