Go — Defs

01 p. p. Gone.

1.
Gone.obs.

02 v. i. To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -…

imp. Went; p. p. Gone; p. pr. & vb. n. Going

1.
To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.
2.
To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.
“You know that love Will creep in service where it can not go.” — Shak.

“Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn.” — Shak.

“He fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees.” — Bunyan.
3.
To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.
“The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.” — 1 Sa. xvii. 12.

“[The money] should go according to its true value.” — Locke.
4.
To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.
“How goes the night, boy ?” — Shak.

“I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough.” — Arbuthnot.

“Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward.” — I Watts.
5.
To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show.
“Against right reason all your counsels go.” — Dryden.

“To master the foul flend there goeth some complement knowledge of theology.” — Sir W. Scott.
6.
To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.
“Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood.” — Sir P. Sidney.
7.
To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.
“By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject.” — South.
8.
To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
“The fruit she goes with, I pray for heartily, that it may find Good time, and live.” — Shak.
9.
To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.
“I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away.” — Ex. viii. 28.
10.
To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
“By Saint George, he's gone! That spear wound hath our master sped.” — Sir W. Scott.
11.
To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.
“His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow.” — Dryden.
12.
To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
“They never go about . . . to hide or palliate their vices.” — Swift.

“Then went this saying abroad among the brethren.” — John xxi. 23.

“He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.” — Luke. ix. 10.

“Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth.” — L' Estrange.

“The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” — Micah iv. 2.

“He was as ready to go in for statistics as for anything else.” — Dickens.

“The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you.” — Shak.

“The wedding went off much as such affairs do.” — Mrs. Caskell.

“It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours.” — Macaulay.

“There are other men fitter to go out than I.” — Shak.

“What went ye out for to see ?” — Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9.

“Life itself goes out at thy displeasure.” — Addison.

“I must not go over Jordan.” — Deut. iv. 22.

“Let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan.” — Deut. iii. 25.

“Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the Ammonites.” — Jer. xli. 10.

“If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that . . . they enjoin the same thing.” — Tillotson.

03 v. t. To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.

1.
To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.
“They to go equal shares in the booty.” — L'Estrange.
2.
To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.[Colloq.]

Phrases & compounds

To go halves — to share with another equally.

To go it — to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress.

To go it alone — to play a hand without the assistance of one's partner.<-- to do anything without the assistance of one's former associates -->

To go it blind — To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner.

To go one's way — to set forth; to depart.

04 n. Act; working; operation.

1.
Act; working; operation.[Obs.]
“So gracious were the goes of marriage.” — Marston.
2.
A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.[Slang]
“This is a pretty go.” — Dickens.
3.
The fashion or mode; as, quite the go.[Colloq.]
4.
Noisy merriment; as, a high go.[Colloq.]
5.
A glass of spirits.[Slang]
6.
Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.[Colloq.]
7.
That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.(Cribbage)
8.
Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement.
““Well,” said Fleming, “is it a go?”” — Bret Harte.

Phrases & compounds

Great go — the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree.

No go — a failure; a fiasco.

On the go — moving about; unsettled.