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| NOUN: | 1. A trying to do or make something: attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, essay, offer, stab, trial, try. Informal : shot. Slang : take. Archaic : assay. See TRY. 2. Informal. Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity: animation, energy, force, might, potency, power, puissance, sprightliness, steam, strength. Informal : get-up-and-go, pep, peppiness, zip. See ACTION. 3. A brief trial: crack, stab, try. Informal : fling, shot, whack, whirl. See TRY. 4. A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity: bout, hitch, inning (often used in plural), shift, spell3, stint, stretch, time, tour, trick, turn, watch. See TIME. | | VERB: | 1. To proceed in a specified direction: bear, head, make, set out, strike out. See APPROACH. 2. To have a proper or suitable place: belong, fit1. See ORDER. 3. To fall in: buckle, cave in, collapse, crumple, give. Idioms: give way. See EXPLOSION. 4. To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal : pop off. Slang : check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker) , pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See LIVE. 5. To put up with: abide, accept, bear, brook2, endure, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand. Informal : lump2. Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See ACCEPT. 6. To proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance: carry, extend, lead, reach, run, stretch. See REACH. 7. Informal. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, put, risk, stake, venture, wager. See GAMBLING. 8. To be depleted: consume, spend. Idioms: go down the drain. See INCREASE. 9. To change or fluctuate within limits: extend, range, run, vary. See CHANGE. 10. To move along a particular course: fare, journey, pass, proceed, push on, remove, travel, wend. Idioms: make one's way. See MOVE. 11. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal : cut out, push off, shove off. Slang : blow1, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See APPROACH. 12. To move past in time. Also used with by: elapse, lapse, pass. See TIME. 13. To move toward a termination: go away, pass, pass away. See APPROACH, INCREASE, TIME. 14. Informal. To make an offer of: bid, offer. See OFFER. 15. To do or fare well: boom, flourish, prosper, thrive. Slang : score. Idioms: get (or go) somewhere, go great guns, go strong. See THRIVE. 16. To look to when in need: apply, refer, repair2, resort, run, turn. Idioms: fall back on (or upon) , have recourse to. See USED. 17. To turn out well: come off, go over, pan out, succeed, work, work out. Slang : click. See THRIVE. 18. To perform a function effectively: function, operate, run, take, work. See THRIVE. | | ADJECTIVE: | Informal. In a state of preparedness: ready, set1. Slang : together. Idioms: all set, in working order. See PREPARED. | | PHRASAL VERB: | go along To agree to cooperate or participate: Informal : play along. See PARTICIPATE. go around 1. To become known far and wide: circulate, get around, spread, travel. Idioms: go (or make) the rounds. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. To pass around but not through: bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, detour, skirt. See SEEK. go at 1. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on or (upon), have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal : light into, pitch into. See ATTACK. 2. To start work on vigorously: attack, sail in, tackle, wade in or (into). Idioms: hop to it. See WORK. go away 1. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal : cut out, push off, shove off. Slang : blow1, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See APPROACH. 2. To move toward a termination: go, pass, pass away. See APPROACH, INCREASE, TIME. go back To go again to a former place: come back, return, revisit. See APPROACH. go down 1. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily: drop, fall, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble. Idioms: take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble) . See RISE. 2. To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin: collapse, fall, go under, surrender, topple. See RESIST, WIN. go far To gain success: arrive, get ahead, get on, rise, succeed. Idioms: go places, make good, make it. See THRIVE. go for 1. Informal. To be favorably disposed toward: approve, countenance, favor, hold with. Idioms: take kindly to. See PRAISE. 2. To require a specified price: cost, sell for. See TRANSACTIONS. 3. Informal. To receive pleasure from: enjoy, like1, relish, savor. Slang : dig. See LIKE. go in To come or go into (a place): come in, enter, penetrate. Nautical : put in. Idioms: gain entrance (or entry) , set foot in. See ENTER. go off To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise: blast, blow1 (up), burst, detonate, explode, fire, fulminate, touch off. See EXPLOSION. go on 1. To continue without halting despite difficulties or setbacks: carry on, hang on, keep on, persevere, persist. Idioms: hang in there, keep going , keep it up. See CONTINUE. 2. Informal. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially: babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on. Informal : spiel. Slang : gab, gas, jaw, yak. Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze (or bull) . See WORDS. 3. To be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time: abide, continue, endure, hold out, last2, persist, remain, stay1. See CONTINUE. go over 1. To look at carefully or critically: check (out), con, examine, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, study, survey, traverse, view. Informal : case. Idioms: give a going-over. See INVESTIGATE. 2. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of: abstract, epitomize, recapitulate, review, run down, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up. Informal : recap. See THOUGHTS. 3. To turn out well: come off, go, pan out, succeed, work, work out. Slang : click. See THRIVE. go through To participate in or partake of personally: experience, feel, have, know, meet1 (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo. Archaic : prove. Idioms: run up against. See PARTICIPATE. go under 1. To undergo sudden financial failure: break, bust, collapse, crash, fail. Informal : fold. Idioms: go belly up, go bust, go on the rocks, go to the wall. See MONEY. 2. To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin: collapse, fall, go down, surrender, topple. See RESIST, WIN. go out To be with another person socially on a regular basis: date, see. Informal : take out. See CONNECT. go up To move upward on or along: ascend, climb, mount, scale2. See RISE. go with To be in keeping with: become, befit, conform, correspond, fit1, match, suit. See AGREE.
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