GO UP ↑ Categories
Meaning: To move to a higher place, increase in value or amount
"Let's go up to the second floor."
"Gas prices have gone up again."
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Can refer to physical movement upward or numerical increases.
GO DOWN ↑ Categories
Meaning: To move to a lower place, decrease, be remembered in history
"The elevator is going down to the basement."
"This event will go down in history."
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Multiple meanings: descending, decreasing, or historical significance.
GO IN ↑ Categories
Meaning: To enter a place or building
"It's starting to rain - let's go in."
"The students went in when the bell rang."
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Simple but essential for describing entry into buildings or spaces.
GO OUT ↑ Categories
Meaning: To leave home for entertainment, stop burning, date someone
"Do you want to go out for dinner tonight?"
"The fire went out during the storm."
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Very common for social activities and extinguishing fires/lights.
GO THROUGH ↑ Categories
Meaning: To pass through something, experience a difficult time, examine carefully
"We went through the tunnel to reach the other side."
"She's going through a difficult divorce."
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Can mean physical passage, experiencing hardship, or careful examination.
GO AROUND ↑ Categories
Meaning: To move in a circular path, avoid an obstacle, be enough for everyone
"The road is blocked - we'll have to go around."
"Is there enough pizza to go around?"
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Can mean circumnavigating, avoiding, or sufficient quantity for all.
GO AWAY ↑ Categories
Meaning: To leave and not return, travel for vacation, disappear
"I told the salesman to go away."
"We're going away for the weekend."
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Can be a command to leave or refer to vacation travel.
GO OFF ↑ Categories
Meaning: To explode or sound (alarm), spoil (food), leave angrily
"The alarm went off at 6 AM this morning."
"This milk has gone off - it smells terrible."
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Multiple meanings: alarms sounding, food spoiling, or leaving angrily.
GO BACK ↑ Categories
Meaning: To return to a previous place or time
"I need to go back home to get my keys."
"This tradition goes back hundreds of years."
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Can mean physical return or reference to historical time periods.
GO FORTH ↑ Categories
Meaning: To move forward boldly, proceed with purpose (formal/literary)
"Go forth and conquer your fears!"
"The graduates went forth into the world."
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Formal or inspiring expression often used in speeches or literature.
GO ON ↑ Categories
Meaning: To continue, happen, keep talking, encourage someone
"Please go on with your story - it's fascinating."
"What's going on here? Why is everyone shouting?"
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Very versatile: continuing, happening, or expressing disbelief.
GO AHEAD ↑ Categories
Meaning: To proceed with something, give permission to start
"Go ahead and start the meeting without me."
"May I use your phone? - Sure, go ahead."
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Common for giving permission or encouraging someone to proceed.
GO FORWARD ↑ Categories
Meaning: To move ahead in space or time, proceed with plans
"We need to go forward with this project."
"From this day forward, things will be different."
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Often used in business contexts for proceeding with plans.
GO ALONG ↑ Categories
Meaning: To agree with someone, accompany someone, proceed gradually
"I'll go along with your plan for now."
"Can I go along to the movies with you?"
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Can mean agreeing, accompanying, or learning as you proceed.
GO OUT WITH ↑ Categories
Meaning: To date someone romantically
"How long have you been going out with Sarah?"
"He asked me to go out with him next Friday."
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Specifically refers to romantic dating relationships.
GO OVER ↑ Categories
Meaning: To review or examine something, visit someone, be received well
"Let's go over the presentation one more time."
"I'm going over to my friend's house tonight."
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Common for reviewing material or visiting people nearby.
GO FOR ↑ Categories
Meaning: To try to achieve, choose or prefer, cost (price)
"I think you should go for that job opportunity."
"These vintage cars can go for thousands of dollars."
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Can mean pursuing goals, preferences, or market prices.
GO WITH ↑ Categories
Meaning: To match or complement, choose an option, accompany
"Does this shirt go with these pants?"
"I'll go with the chocolate cake, please."
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Very useful for fashion, food choices, and compatibility.
GO BY ↑ Categories
Meaning: To pass (time/place), follow rules, use as a guide
"Time goes by so quickly when you're having fun."
"We should go by the official rules."
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Can refer to time passing, following guidelines, or physical movement past something.
GO PAST ↑ Categories
Meaning: To move beyond a point, exceed a limit
"Go past the traffic lights and turn left."
"The temperature went past 40 degrees today."
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Useful for giving directions and describing when limits are exceeded.
GO BEYOND ↑ Categories
Meaning: To exceed expectations, surpass normal limits
"This service goes beyond our expectations."
"She went beyond the call of duty to help us."
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Often used to praise exceptional effort or quality.
GO WRONG ↑ Categories
Meaning: To develop problems, fail to work properly
"Everything went wrong on my first day at work."
"Something has gone wrong with my computer."
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Very common for describing problems and malfunctions.
GO BAD ↑ Categories
Meaning: To spoil or rot (food), deteriorate in quality
"This bread has gone bad - throw it away."
"Their relationship went bad after the argument."
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Most commonly used for food spoilage but can describe general deterioration.
GO WELL ↑ Categories
Meaning: To proceed successfully, happen without problems
"The job interview went really well."
"I hope your presentation goes well tomorrow."
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Essential for describing positive outcomes and success.
GO CRAZY ↑ Categories
Meaning: To become very excited, lose control, become mentally unstable
"The crowd went crazy when their team scored."
"This noise is making me go crazy!"
💡 Usage Tip:
Can mean excitement, frustration, or losing mental stability depending on context.
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