[Nguyen Huong]

Verb Phrases

1. go about,
   1. to occupy oneself with; perform:The shoemaker goes about his work with a smile.
   2. Nautical.to change course by tacking orwearing.
2. go after, to attempt to obtain; strive for:You'll never get what you want if you don't go afterit energetically.
3. go against, to be in conflict with or opposed to:It goes against the company's policy.
4. go ahead, to proceed without hesitation or delay:If you want to use my car, go ahead.
5. go along,
   1. to move or proceed.
   2. to accompany in travel.
   3. to agree; concur:I can't go along with you on that idea.
6. go around,
   1. to be often in company (often followed by with):to go around with a bad crowd.
   2. to be sufficient for all:Is there enough food to go around?
   3. to pass or circulate, as in transmission orcommunication:The rumor is going around that he was forced to resign.
7. go at,
   1. to assault; attack.
   2. to begin or proceed vigorously:to go at one's work with a will.
8. go back on. back2(def 7).
9. go by,
   1. to be disregarded or not taken advantage of:Don't let this chance go by.
   2. to be guided by or to rely upon:Don't go by what she says.
10. go down,
    1. to decrease or subside, as in amount or size:Prices went down. The swelling is going down.
    2. to descend or sink:When does the sun go down?
    3. to suffer defeat:to go down fighting.
    4. to be accepted or believed:This nonsense goes down as truth with manypersons.
    5. to admit of being consumed:This food goes down easily.
    6. to be remembered in history or by posterity.
    7. Slang.to happen; occur:What's been going down since I've been away?
    8. British.to leave a university, permanently or atthe end of a term.
    9. Bridge.to fall short of making one's contract.
    10. Slang: Vulgar.to perform fellatio or cunnilingus.
11. go for,
    1. to make an attempt at; try for:He is going for the championship.
    2. to assault.
    3. to favor; like:It simply isn't the kind of life you would go for.
    4. to be used for the purpose of or be a substitutefor:material that goes for silk.
12. go in for,
    1. to adopt as one's particular interest; approve of;like.
    2. to occupy oneself with; engage in:Europeans in increasing numbers are going in for camping.
13. go into,
    1. to discuss or investigate:Let's not go into the question of whose fault it was.
    2. to undertake as one's study or work:to go into medicine.
14. go in with, to join in a partnership or union;combine with:He asked me to go in with him on the purchase of a boat.
15. go off,
    1. to explode, fire, or perform or begin to functionabruptly:A gun went off in the distance.
    2. (of what has been expected or planned) tohappen:The interview went off very badly.
    3. to leave, especially suddenly:She went off without saying goodbye.
    4. to die.
    5. to deteriorate.
    6. Slang.to experience orgasm.
16. go on,
    1. to happen or take place:What's going on here?
    2. to continue:Go on working.
    3. to behave; act:Don't go on like that!
    4. to talk effusively; chatter.
    5. (used to express disbelief):Go on, you're kidding me.
    6. to appear onstage in a theatrical performance:I go on in the middle of the second act.
17. go out,
    1. to come to an end, especially to fade inpopularity:Silent movies went out as soon as the talkieswere perfected.
    2. to cease or fail to function:The lights went out.
    3. to participate in a social activity:We usually go out drinking on Friday nights.
    4. Informal.to have a continuing romanticrelationship:They went out for about a year before gettingmarried.
    5. to take part in a strike:The printers went out yesterday in a contractdispute.
    6. Rummy.to dispose of the last card in one's handby melding it on the table.
    7. Cards.to achieve a point score equal to or abovethe score necessary to win the game.
18. go over,
    1. to repeat; review.
    2. to be effective or successful:The proposal went over very well with thetrustees.
    3. to examine:The mechanic went over the car but foundnothing wrong.
    4. to read; scan.
19. go through,
    1. to bear; experience.
    2. to examine or search carefully:He went through all of his things but couldn'tfind the letter.
    3. to be successful; be accepted or approved:The proposed appropriation will never go through.
    4. to use up; spend completely:He went through his allowance in one day.
20. go through with, to persevere with to the end; bringto completion:It was perhaps the biggest challenge of her life, andshe resolved to go through with it.
21. go under,
    1. to be overwhelmed or ruined; fail.
    2. (of a ship) to founder.
22. go up,
    1. to be in the process of construction, as abuilding.
    2. to increase in cost, value, etc.
    3. to forget one's lines during a theatricalperformance.
    4. British.to go to a university at the beginning of aterm.
23. go with, Informal. to have a continuing romanticrelationship with; date:He went with her for two years.