Phrasal Verbs with GO
Phrasal Verb | Meaning | Example |
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Go after | Pursue (an object or a goal) | Emma went after her dreams and now she is an actress. |
Go along (with) | Agree with; accept | Alex tends to go along with anything his wife says. |
Go away | Leave a place | We decided to go away for a few days. |
Go away | Disappear | -I still can't get the stain to go away. -The medication should make the pain go away. |
Go back | Return | Children go back to school after the holidays. |
Go by | Pass | -Put up your hand or the bus will go by without stopping. -Time goes by so quickly! |
Go down | Decrease; reduce | The price of property has gone down a bit lately. |
Go down with | Become ill with a disease | Half the team has gone down with the 'flu. |
Go for | Try to achieve or attain | Jack trained hard and decided to go for the gold medal. |
Go in | Enter | There's a hotel. Let's go in and book a room. |
Go into (+noun) | Enter | Go into the bakery and see if they sell croissants. |
Go into (+ noun) | Join or enter a profession | Tom decided to go into the army when he left school. |
Go in for | Have something as a hobby | Anne really doesn't go in for sports. |
Go off | Explode | A bomb went off in a crowded restaurant. |
Go off | Ring/make a loud noise | The alarm clock was set to go off at 6 am. |
Go off | Stop working | The heating has gone off. It's freezing in here! |
Go off | No longer good to eat or drink | The milk has gone off. Don't drink it. |
Go off | No longer like or enjoy | My grandmother has gone off doing crosswords. |
Go on | Continue | Sorry for interrupting. Please go on. |
Go out | Leave one's home to attend a social event | Many young people go out a lot. |
Go out | Stop burning; be extinguished | The ights went out before we got to the door. |
Go out | Be sent | The letter went out yesterday. |
Go out with | Have someone as a boyfriend/girlfriend. | Is Julie going out with Tom? |
Go over | Review | Please go over your answers before handing in your paper. |
Go up | Increase; rise | The price of petrol is expected to go up. |
Go through | Experience | Pete went through a lot of pain after the accident. |
Go through | Examine; study carefully | You should go through the contract before signing it. |
Go through with | Proceed with something | Bill and Amy finally went through with the divorce. |
Go with/together | Match; harmonise with | That jacket doesn't go with the skirt. |
Go without | Abstain from; skip | Tony had to go without lunch to finish the report. |
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