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to go about sth/doing sth

to make a start at doing sth difficult, I'd love to set up my own business, but I just don't know how to go about it

To go off sb

To stop liking sb/sth you used to like

To have difficulty in doing sth

To find it difficult to do sth

To go by

To use a book/guide book to form an opinion for information or to make a judgement

to go along with sth

to agree to participate in sth (a plan/scheme/idea), If you knew you were going to get into trouble, why did you go along with his plan?; to go by sth

sth goes down badly

people do not like or do not approve of sth, His appointment to the post of general secretary went down badly with the unions

to go for sb

to attack, The dog went for me as soon as I opened the gate

to go off

(i) if an alarm clock goes off, it rings (ii) if a bomb goes off, it explodes (iii) if meat or dairy products go off, they go bad, I overslept because my alarm clock didn't go off. At the beginning of the film, a bomb goes off outside the town hall. This milk smells funny. Do you think it has gone off?; to go off sb/sth

to go on about sth

to keep talking about sth in such a way that others get bored, impatient or irritated, I wish he would stop going on about his new car. She went on and on about her operation

to go over sth

to carefully look at and check sth (particularly homework/plans/the facts/a story), At the start of the class, our teacher always goes over our homework

to go through with sth

to complete sth you had planned, When I saw all those people waiting for me to give a speech, I couldn't go through with it

to go with sth

to match/co

to have had enough of sb/sth doing sth

to be annoyed by sb/sth and not accept them/it any longer, I've had enough of the poor service in this supermarket. In future, I'll take my custom elsewhere

to have misgivings about sth/doing sth

to not be sure if sth is good or right, The school had received some harsh criticism in the press, so we had misgivings about sending our children there

to have no alternative but to do sth

the only choice sb will have is, If you are caught speeding again, we shall have no alternative but to take away your driving licence

to have no hesitation in doing sth

to not need to stop and think about sth because you know that it is the right thing to do, She is determined and ambitious, so I have no hesitation in recommending her for this post

sb has no intention of doing sth

to not plan to do sth, I think they have no intention of paying me the money that they owe me

to have no qualms about doing sth

to not have any moral doubts about doing sth, He said he felt betrayed, but he had no qualms whatsoever about selling the story to the papers

to have no recollection of sth/doing sth

to not remember sth/doing sth, He says he has no recollection of what happened

to have (every/a perfect) right to do sth

to believe that what sb is doing is reasonable and fair, He had every right to complain. He paid a fortune for those shoes and they fell to pieces within a month

to have the makings of sth

to have all the qualities necessary to become sth, He has the makings of an excellent golfer and I'm sure he'll soon be competing in major tournaments

bang goes sth

the chances of sth happening have been ruined, And then they discovered that I was tone-deaf, and bang went my chances of becoming a concert pianist.

to go behind sb's back

to say/do sth without telling or consulting the person it directly concerns, So instead of complaining to me, she went behind my back and told the director

to go berserk

to become uncontrollably violent, This is the scene where Hamlet goes berserk and kills Polonius

sth will go down in history as…

sth will be recorded in history books as…, Today will go down in history as one of the blackest and saddest days in King Boboski's short and troubled reign

sth goes downhill

sth is no longer as good as it was and is continuing to get worse, Sammy and Elsie's restaurant has gone downhill since they sold it to the present owners

to go easy on sb

not to be too strict with sb, I know what she did was inexcusable, but go easy on her. She's been having a very difficult time since her parents split up

to go easy on sth

not to use too much of sth, Go easy on the matches. We've only got one box left

to go far

a long way; to be successful in one's career, He'll go a long way if he is ambitious enough. She's really talented; I'm sure she'll go far

to go to great lengths

to try very hard to achieve sth, She went to great lengths to bring her performances up to competition standards

to go to a lot of trouble to do sth

to spend a lot of your time and to put a lot of effort into doing sth, In these days the Hollywood studios went to a lot of trouble to keep their stars from the prying eyes of the media

my mind went blank

I was temporarily unable to remember anything, The questions were easy, but my mind went blank. I couldn't remember a thing

to go over the top

to do or say sth that other people consider to be too extreme, To say it is the best novel written in the last twenty years is going a bit over the top, isn't it?; to go to rack and ruin/to go to the dogs

it just goes to show that…

it proves that…, He seemed to be such an ordinary man. We found out, however, that he was a tycoon. It just goes to show that appearances can be deceptive

to go on a (massive) spending spree

to spend a lot of money in a short period of time, The first thing they did when they received their winnings was to go on a massive spending spree

sth goes (straight) to sb's head

sth makes sb excessively proud and confident, It is all too easy, as a child star, to let fame go straight to your head

to go through a bad/difficult patch

to experience difficulties and problems for an extended period, We went through quite a bad patch in January and February when we hardly sold anything

to go unpunished

if sth goes unpunished, the person who commits the crime or who behaves badly is not punished, Unlike the present government, we will not turn a blind eye to tax evasion. The most mild not, and will not go unpunished

it goes without saying that…

a phrase meaning that what you are about to say is so obvious that you do not really need to say it, "Your behaviour is totally unacceptable," Mr Jones said. "It goes without saying that I will be asking for your immediate resignation," he continued

to go about sth/doing sth

to make a start at doing sth difficult, I'd love to set up my own business, but I just don't know how to go about it

to go along with sth

to agree to participate in sth (a plan/scheme/idea), If you knew you were going to get into trouble, why did you go along with his plan?;
to go by sth

sth goes down badly

people do not like or do not approve of sth, His appointment to the post of general secretary went down badly with the unions

to go for sb

to attack, The dog went for me as soon as I opened the gate

to go off

if an alarm clock goes off, it rings; if a bomb goes off, it explodes; if meat or dairy products go off, they go bad, I overslept because my alarm clock didn't go off. At the beginning of the film, a bomb goes off outside the town hall. This milk smells funny. Do you think it has gone off?;
to go off sb/sth

to go on about sth

to keep talking about sth in such a way that others get bored, impatient or irritated, I wish he would stop going on about his new car. She went on and on about her new job

to go over sth

to carefully look at and check sth (particularly homework/plans/the facts/a story), At the start of the class, our teacher always goes over our homework

to go through with sth

to complete what you had planned, When I saw all those people waiting for me to give a speech, I couldn't go through with it

to go with sth

to match/co

to have had enough of sb/sth doing sth

to be annoyed by sb/sth and not accept them/it any longer, I've had enough of the poor service in this supermarket. In future, I'll take my custom elsewhere

to have misgivings about sth/doing sth

to not be sure if sth is good or right, The school had received some harsh criticism in the press, so we had misgivings about sending our children there

to have no alternative but to do sth

the only choice sb will have is, If you are caught speeding again, we shall have no alternative but to take away your driving licence

to have no hesitation in doing sth

to not need to stop and think about sth because you know that it is the right thing to do, She is determined and ambitious, so I have no hesitation in recommending her for this post

sb has no intention of doing sth

there is no way that sb will do sth, I think they have no intention of paying me the money that they owe me

to have no qualms about doing sth

to not have any moral doubts about doing sth, He said he felt betrayed, but he had no qualms whatsoever about selling the story to the papers

to have no recollection of sth/doing sth

to not remember sth/doing sth, He says he has no recollection of the incident

to have (every/a perfect) right to do sth

to believe that what sb is doing is reasonable and fair, He had every right to complain. He paid a fortune for those chairs and they fell to pieces within a month

to have the makings of sth

to have all the qualities necessary to become sth, He has the makings of an excellent golfer and I'm sure he'll soon be competing in major tournaments