55 English Phrasal Verbs With 'GO'

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55 phrasal verbs with 'GO'

Go about

1. Deal with something
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: How should I GO ABOUT telling her the bad news?
2. Circulate
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: A rumour is GOING ABOUT involving the Attorney General.
3. Continue to do something; keep busy with something
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Despite the threat of conflict, people WENT ABOUT their lives as usual.
4. Work on something
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: You're not GOING ABOUT the problem the right way.

Go across

1. Move to another side or place
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT ACROSS to the opposition.

Go after

1. Chase, try to get
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The cat WENT AFTER the pigeon, but it flew away.

Go against

1. Lose a decision or a verdict of a court
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: If the decision GOES AGAINST me, I'll go bankrupt.

Go ahead

1. Proceed
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The construction of the bypass WENT AHEAD despite the protests from environmentalists.

Go ahead with

1. Proceed
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: We now intend to GO AHEAD WITH the final stage of the project.

Go along with

1. Accept a decision or suggestion
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I didn't really agree, but I WENT ALONG WITH the decision because I was in the minority.
2. Accompany
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I plan to GO ALONG WITH them as far as Los Angeles.

Go around

1. Circulate
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: A rumour is GOING AROUND about the Attorney General.
2. Be or have enough of something
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: There aren't enough jobs to GO AROUND for the numbers of people graduating nowadays.
3. Visit
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I WENT AROUND for dinner at their house.

Go at

1. Attack or approach something with vigour
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT AT her dinner like she hadn't eaten for days.

Go away

1. Leave a place or disappear
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: This drug should make the pain GO AWAY.

Go back

1. Have a long history
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: He and I GO BACK a long way- we were at school together.
2. Return to, start doing something again
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: We WENT BACK to work after the break.

Go back on

1. Break a promise
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The government have GONE BACK ON their promise not to raise taxes.

Go before

1. Precede
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: We can´t ignore what has GONE BEFORE and pretend that everything has been OK.

Go below

1. Leave the top deck of a ship
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The captain told the passengers to GO BELOW when the storm started.

Go by

1. The passing of time
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Ten years WENT BY before we saw each other again.
2. Trust or depend on for correct information
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Don't GO BY my watch; it's usually a bit slow.
3. Pay a short visit, call
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Nobody was at home when I WENT BY yesterday.

Go down

1. Decrease, get smaller
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The price of scanners has GONE DOWN recently.
2. Sink
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The Titanic WENT DOWN after it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage.
3. Sunset
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The sun WENT DOWN at seven o'clock.
4. Be sent to to prison
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT DOWN for ten years for armed robbery.
5. Become recorded as or known as
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: It WENT DOWN as the worst day in the history of the company.
6. Be eaten or swallowed
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The medicine WENT DOWN easily.
7. Fall to the ground
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The boxer WENT DOWN in the second round.
8. Happen, take place
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The police thought that a big crime was GOING DOWN that night.
9. Stop working, especially computers
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The computer system WENT DOWN for an hour last night.
10. Become dimmer
    (Intransitive | International English)
    
    » Example: The lights WENT DOWN and the audience stopped talking.
11. Be received by people, in terms of their reaction
    (Intransitive | International English)
    
    » Example: My joke WENT DOWN very badly.

Go down on

1. Perform oral sex
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT DOWN ON her.

Go down to

1. Be defeated
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Chelsea WENT DOWN TO Arsenal in a thrilling game.

Go down with

1. Fall ill
   (Inseparable | British English)
   
   » Example: She WENT DOWN WITH a virus.
2. Find acceptance
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Do you think the scheme will GO DOWN WITH the farmers in the area?

Go for

1. Attack
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The neighbour's dog WENT FOR the postman and bit him.
2. Be attracted to
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She tends to GO FOR guys like him.
3. Choose, select
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I'll GO FOR the soup of the day, followed by the duck.
4. Try to get
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The player WENT FOR the ball but missed.
5. Have something favourable
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The play didn't have much GOING FOR IT and we left halfway through.
6. Pass for or serve as
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: It's a couch that also GOES FOR a bed.

Go for it

1. Be assertive and ready to initiate action. (Related to the meaning 'attack')
   (Inseparable | International English | Contributed By: BobK)
   
   » Example: He was not always successful, but whatever he tried to do he would always GO FOR IT.

Go forth

1. Leave a place
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT FORTH and found a wife in another city.
2. Travel abroad, leave a place
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: They WENT FORTH to spread the word of the new religion.

Go forward

1. Move clocks ahead
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The clocks MOVE FORWARD an hour on Sunday.
2. Progress
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The top three teams GO FORWARD to the next round.

Go in

1. Go to hospital for treatment, surgery, etc.
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT IN for a triple bypass operation two days ago.
2. Fit
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The cable GOES IN here.
3. Disappear, become obscured by a cloud
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The sun has GONE IN.
4. Attack
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The troops WENT IN at dawn.

Go in for

1. Enter a competition or sit an exam
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT IN FOR the photography prize, but didn't win.
2. Support, advocate
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I don't GO IN FOR the claims being made about blogging.
3. Like, have an interest in
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He GOES IN FOR classical music.
4. Make a career choice
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Have you thought about GOING IN FOR teaching?

Go in with

1. Form a union or alliance
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: They're going to GO IN WITH the Social Democrats.
2. Join, enter
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Ask the other to GO IN WITH them on the plan

Go into

1. Discuss in some detail
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: They refused to GO INTO exactly what was wrong.
2. Enter a profession, hospital, trade, market
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT INTO banking after she'd finished university.
3. Begin a speech or description
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT INTO a long attack on the way press had handled the issue.
4. Be dedicated or devoted
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: A lot of time and effort WENT INTO this book.
5. Be contained in a larger number
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Five GOES INTO sixty 12 times

Go it

1. Behave in a reckless way
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Shouting at the boss like that is GOING IT.
2. Move or drive very fast
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: After the traffic jam, he really WENT IT to make up time.

Go it alone

1. Do something without help
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: He prefers to GO IT ALONE rather then working with the team.

Go off

1. Explode (bomb), start ringing (alarm)
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The fire alarm WENT OFF because someone was smoking in the toilets.
2. Go bad
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The milk WENT OFF because I forgot to put it in the fridge.
3. Start to dislike
   (Inseparable | British English)
   
   » Example: I WENT OFF her when she lied to me.
4. Leave a place
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Please don't GO OFF until we have sorted this out.
5. Take place, follow a plan or pattern
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The party WENT OFF well.
6. Stop working (electric/electronic equipment)
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The lights GO OFF automatically when the office is empty.

Go off with

1. Elope, run away with someone
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT OFF WITH her friend's husband.
2. Steal
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT OFF WITH my credit cards.

Go on

1. Continue
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT ON and ON talking and I was so bored.
2. Happen
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: There are loads of people out in the street; what's GOING ON?
3. Start doing or taking something
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT ON the pill when she met him.
4. Be guided
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The investigators have no clues to GO ON.
5. Be nearly a certain period of time
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: It's GOING ON ten years since we met.
6. Progress
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: They asked me how the project was GOING ON.
7. Spend money
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Most of my salary GOES ON my mortgage repayments.
8. Start working (electric/electronic equipment)
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The alarm GOES ON when you close the front door.

Go on about

1. Talk too much
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He's always GOING ON ABOUT his kids.

Go on at

1. Pester, try to make someone do something by repeatedly asking or suggesting
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT ON AT his parents until they bought him the game.

Go on to

1. Proceed
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: We had dinner and WENT ON TO a few bars.

Go on with

1. Continue doing
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Please GO ON WITH your work.

Go one

1. A way of encouraging someone
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: GO ON, apply for the job.

Go out

1. Stop burning, be extinguished
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The candle WENT OUT and left us in darkness.
2. Leave a place
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT OUT last night.
3. Go on strike
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The workers WENT OUT for more money.
4. Become infashionable
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: That sort of tie WENT OUT last year.
5. Move backwards, of a tide
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The tide GOES OUT in the evening.
6. Be eliminated in a competition
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: England WENT OUT in the second round.
7. Be transmitted
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The item WENT OUT on the news yesterday.
8. Be sent
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The newsletter WENT OUT last night.
9. Intend
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I didn't GO OUT to offend them.

Go out for

1. Become a candidate, apply for something
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT OUT FOR a place on the team.

Go out to

1. Feel sympathy with someone
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Our condolences GO OUT TO all the families who have lost people in this tragic accident.

Go out with

1. Have a relationship with
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He's been GOING OUT WITH his girlfriend for around six months now.

Go over

1. Look at something, revise
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: We WENT OVER our notes before the exam.
2. Visit
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I hadn't seen her for a while, so I WENT OVER on Friday night.
3. Be approved or accepted
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: My plans WENT OVER well.
4. Repeat or explain
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Could you GO OVER that point again, please?
5. Clean
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I WENT OVER the living room with the vacuum cleaner before they arrived.

Go over to

1. Go on a journey
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I'm GOING OVER TO Hong Kong next month.
2. Become converted
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT OVER TO Islam when she was living in the Middle East.
3. Change to something different
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I used to drink beer but I have GONE OVER TO wine.

Go past

1. Pass without stopping
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT PAST me without saying hello.

Go round

1. Be or have enough of something
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: There aren't enough jobs to GO ROUND for the numbers of people graduating nowadays.
2. Circulate
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: There's a nasty rumour GOING ROUND about them.
3. Visit
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I WENT ROUND last night to see them.

Go through

1. Experience
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: You wouldn't believe what I WENT THROUGH when I was ill!
2. Read again
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I WENT THROUGH my notes before the exam.
3. Examine, search
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I WENT THROUGH my desk looking for the letter.
4. Do something in a certain way or following certain procedures
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: You must GO THROUGH the proper channels to get the approval.
5. Explain
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He WENT THROUGH his ideas twice but I couldn't really understand them.
6. Be approved formally or sanctioned
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: My divorce WENT THROUGH last week.
7. Enter
   (Inseparable | American English)
   
   » Example: They said I could GO THROUGH the exam room.
8. Consume or spend
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: We WENT THROUGH a fortune on our holiday.
9. Perform or carry something out
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I WENT THROUGH my work in a daze after I heard the news.

Go through with

1. Do or complete something you've agreed to
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He did promise, but I doubt that he'll GO THROUGH WITH it.

Go to

1. Allocate money
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: About half of my income GOES TO pay the mortgage.

Go together

1. Harmonize or be compatible
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Drinking and driving don't GO TOGETHER.

Go towards

1. Contibute
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The money WENT TOWARDS my university fees.

Go under

1. Go bankrupt
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Many small shops are GOING UNDER because they cannot compete with the supermarkets.
2. Lose consciousness
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT UNDER a few minutes after they administered the anaesthetic.
3. Sink
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The ship WENT UNDER in a heavy storm.

Go up

1. Rise or climb
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The price of petrol has GONE UP sharply because of the increase in duty in the Government's budget.
2. Approach
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: We WENT UP and asked them for some information about the courses.
3. Be built
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Skyscrapers are GOING UP everywhere in the city centre.
4. Be heard
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: A huge cheer WENT UP when the president arrived.
5. Be promoted
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The top three teams GO UP at the end of the season.

Go up to

1. Approach
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT UP TO him and asked him if he wanted a drink.
2. Attend a university
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She WENT UP TO Cambridge after she finished secondary school.
3. Reach
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The book only GOES UP TO the start of the Second World War.

Go with

1. Combine nicely
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Does this tie GO WITH my shirt?
2. Accompany
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: A lot of benefits GO WITH the job.
3. Accept, agree to
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: We're GOING WITH our original plan in the end.
4. Date, have a relationship with
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She's been GOING WITH him since she was at university.

Go without

1. Not have
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I had to GO WITHOUT lunch today because I didn't have any time.
2. Cope without having something
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: They're not coming, so we'll have to GO WITHOUT their help.

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