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[go for] {v. phr.} , {informal} 1. To try to get; aim for; try for. •/ Our team is going for the championship in the game tonight. / •/ The dog went for Bob’s leg. / 2. To favor; support; like. •/ Little Susie really goes for ice cream. / •/ Bob goes for Jane in a big way. / 3. To attack; begin to fight or argue with. •/ The Indian jumped out of the *hush and went for Daniel. / •/ Molly went for James about being late as soon as he got home. /

[go for a spin] {v. phr.} To go for a ride in a car. •/ Billy has invited us to go for a spin in his new car. /

[go for broke] {v. phr.} , {slang} To risk everything on one big effort; use all your energy and skill; try as hard as possible. •/ The racing car driver decided to go for broke in the biggest race of the year. / Compare: ALL-OUT.

[go for nothing]also {formal} [go for naught] {v. phr.} To count for nothing; be useless; be wasted. •/ What the teacher said went for nothing because the pupils did not pay attention. / •/ I hope that all your good work doesn’t go for naught. / Compare: IN VAIN.

[go from bad to worse] {adv. phr.} To change from a bad position or condition to a worse one; become worse. •/ Dick’s typing went from bad to worse when he was tired. / •/ Jack’s conduct in school has gone from bad to worse. / Compare: OUT OF THE PRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.

[go from strength to strength] {v. phr.} To move forward, increasing one’s fame, power, or fortune in a series of successful achievements. •/ Our basketball team has gone from strength to strength. /

[go-getter] {n.} A person who works hard to become successful; an active, ambitious person who usually gets what he wants. •/ The governor of the state has always been a go-getter. / •/ The best salesmen are the go-getters. /

[go-go] {adj.} , {slang} , {informal} 1. Vigorous youthful, unusually active. •/ Joe is a go-go kind of guy. / 2. Of a discotheque or the music or dances performed there. 3a. Unrestrained. 3b. Very up-to-date, hip. •/ Mary wore handsome go-go boots to the discotheque last night. /

[go great guns]See: GREAT GUNS.

[go halfway]or [go halfway to meet one]or [meet one halfway] {v. phr.} To give up part of what you want or to do your share in reaching an agreement with someone. •/ Our neighbors are willing to go halfway to meet us and pay their share for a fence between our houses. / •/ Bob wants to make up after your fight and you should meet him halfway. / •/ If you’re willing to go halfway with us, we’ll be friends again. / •/ Bill met Mary halfway after their argument. /

[go halves] {v. phr.} , {informal} To share half or equally become partners. •/ The boys went halves in raising pigs. / •/ The men are going halves in a new business. / •/ The girl bought a box of candy and went halves with her roommate. /

[go hang] {v. phr.} , {slang} 1. To stop being of interest or importance; be forgotten. — Usually used with "let". •/ Mr. Johnson let his business go hang after his wife died. / 2. To leave you alone; not bother. •/ When the neighbor told Father how to manage his children, Father told him to go hang. / Compare: TELL WHERE TO GET OFF.

[go hard with] {v. phr.} To be painful, troublesome, or hard for; happen or result badly for. — Used after "it". •/ It will go hard with you if I catch you smoking. /

[go haywire] {v. phr.} , {informal} Mixed-up, out of order, not in regular working condition. •/ My electric typewriter has gone all haywire; I have to call the repair man. /

[go hog wild] {v. phr.} , {slang} To become extremely agitated and go out of control. •/ After the soccer game was won, the fans went hog wild. /

[go in a circle]or [go in circles]See: IN A CIRCLE.

[go in for] {v. phr.} , {informal} To try to do; take part in; take pleasure in. •/ Most girls do not go in for rough games. / •/ Mrs. Henry goes in for simple meals. / Compare: GO INTO(3), TAKE UP(5b).

[going and coming]See: COMING AND GOING.

[going for one] {adj. phr.} Working to help; in one’s favor. •/ The young woman surely will get the job; she has everything going for her. /

[going on] {adv. phr.} Almost; nearly. •/ Joe is going on six years old. / •/ It is going on six o’clock. /

[going through changes] {v. phr.} , {slang} , {informal} To be in trouble, to have difficulties, to be trapped in unfavorable circumstances. •/ "What’s the matter with Joe?" — "He’s going through changes." /

[going to]Can be expected to; planning to. — Used after "is" (or "was", etc.), with an infinitive, in the same way "will" is used, to show future. •/ Some day that big tree is going to rot and fall. / •/ Look at those dark clouds. It’s going to rain. / •/ The boys are going to practice football this afternoon. / •/ For a minute Ben thought the car was going to hit him. / •/ I was going to attend the meeting, but after supper I forgot about it. / — Sometimes used without the infinitive. •/ That worn rope hasn’t broken yet, but it’s going to. / •/ "Put some more wood on the fire." — "I’m going to." / Compare: ABOUT TO(1).

[go in one ear and out the other] {v. phr.} , {informal} To be not really listened to or understood; be paid no attention. •/ The teacher’s directions to the boy went in one ear and out the other. / •/ Mother scolded Martha, but it went in one ear and out the other. /

[go into] {v.} 1a. To go or fit inside of; able to be put in. •/ The table is too big to go into the closet. / 1b. To be able to be divided into; be divisible into. •/ Two goes into four two times. / 2. To enter a state or condition of; pass into. •/ John went into a fit of temper when he didn’t get his own way. / •/ The sick man went into a coma. / •/ The country went into mourning when the king died. / 3. To be busy in or take part in; enter as a job or profession. •/ The mayor went into politics as a very young man. / •/ Mr, Johnson is going into business for himself. / •/ Bill wants to go into law when he gets out of school. / Compare: GO IN FOR, TAKE UP(5b). 4. To start to talk about; bring up the subject of; examine. •/ We’ll talk about the dead mouse after dinner, Billy. Let’s not go into it now. / •/ The teacher went into the subject of newspapers today. / Compare: LOOK INTO.

[go into a huddle] {v. phr.} 1. To gather close together as a team in a football game, usually to find out your team’s next play. •/ The football team which has the ball goes into a huddle before every play to get orders on what play they will use. / 2. {informal} To talk together privately about something; discuss something where others cannot hear. •/ The man went into a huddle with his lawyers before answering the question. / •/ The doctors went into a huddle and decided to operate. /

[go into a nose dive]See: GO INTO A TAIL SPIN.

[go into a tailspin]or [go into a nose dive] {v. phr.} , {informal} To fall or go down badly; collapse; give up trying. •/ The team went into a tailspin after their captain was hurt, and they were badly beaten. / 2. {informal} To become very anxious, confused, or mentally sick; give up hope. •/ The man went into a tailspin after his wife died and he never got over it. /

[go into orbit] {v. phr.} , {slang} 1. To become very happy or successful. •/ Our team has gone into orbit. / Compare: FLY HIGH. 2. To lose one’s temper or control completely; become very angry. •/ John was afraid his father would go into orbit when he found out about the car accident. / Compare: HIT THE CEILING.

[go it] {v. phr.} , {informal} 1. To go fast; run hard; not to spare yourself. — Often used as a command. •/ The coach yelled to the runner to go it. / •/ At the party the girls cheered for their partners to go it. / •/ The boys called, "Go it!" to the dog chasing the cat. / 2. To live; continue to do or work. •/ John wants to leave home and go it alone. / Compare: ON ONE’S OWN.

[go jump in the lake] {v. phr.} , {informal} To go away and quit being a bother. •/ George was tired of Tom’s advice and told him to go jump in the lake. / Compare: GO CHASE YOURSELF, GO FLY A KITE.

[gold]See: HEART OF GOLD.

[golden]See: KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG.

[goldfish bowl] {n.} , {slang} , {informal} 1. A situation in which it is not possible to keep things secret for any length of time. •/ Washington Society is a goldfish bowl. / 2. An apartment or place that provides no privacy for its occupant, e.g., an office that has too many windows. •/ Joe’s office is a goldfish bowl, that’s why I didn’t let him kiss me there. /

[golf widow] {n.} , {informal} A woman whose husband is often away from home playing golf. •/ Mrs. Thompson didn’t like being a golf widow. /

[go legit] {v. phr.} To start practicing a legitimate business after having been operating outside of the law. •/ "The old days are over," the crime boss said to his friends. "We are going legit as of right now." /

[go like clockwork]or [go off like clockwork] {v. phr.} , {informal} To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. •/ The car’s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it. / •/ The birthday party went off like clockwork and everyone had a good time. /

[go native] {v. phr.} To behave like a native (said of European Americans in tropical countries). •/ Mainlanders often go native in Hawaii. /

[gone goose]also [gone gosling] {n.} , {slang} A person for whom there is no hope. •/ Herbert’s grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the year. / •/ The man was a gone gosling when a policeman caught him breaking the store window. /

[gone with the wind] {adj. phr.} Gone forever; past; vanished. •/ All the Indians who used to live here are gone with the wind. / •/ Joe knew that his chance to get an "A" was gone with the wind when he saw how hard the test was. / Compare: DOWN THE DRAIN.