n^t? ” “nJIA,  ” o The government intends to

go ahead with its tax cutting plans.

i+$] c, — related noun go-ahead

,go a'long 1 to continue with an activity i# ^ : He

made up the story as he went along.

2 to make progress; to develop MM; AH: Things are going along nicely. ft M M H S. £F o ,go along with sb/sth to agree with sb/sth fO

^ A 31 A — 3t. : I don't go along with her views on private medicine. & %Afr E ftj |r| ££ ±, fS ^ WM 0M fill MAo

,go a'round/'round 1 to spin or tum ifl;      to

go round in a circle Eg 2 to be enough for everyone to have one or some A;    A—ifr: There

aren’t enough chairs to go around, f f 3 (BrE

also ,go a'bout) to often be in a particular state or behave in a particular way (

ASfr/ft )       She often goes around barefoot. M

SSAiIrl#?!I^b^o 0 [+ -ing] It’s unprofessional to go round criticizing your colleagues. & J§ #1   |W] ^, MS#

'a       4 to spread from person to person MS;

S M : There’s a rumour going around that they’re having an affair. igSMT£l0]   ,go around/

round (to ... ) to visit sb or a place that is near ff-ijj ( % A ) ; ifrl®, 0M (       ) : I went round to

the post office. ScfiJ W/DAT-'HL o I’m going around to my sister’s (= her house) later. ^tT^SA/sPJMMlCA

'go at sb to attack sb J&A3£A: They went at each other furiously, itk i\]    5 A 0 'go at sth to make

great efforts to do sth; to work hard at sth         M

A T: They went at the job as if their lives depended on it

,go a'way 1 to leave a person or place Just go away! S/F \ o Go away and think about it, then let me know. —     £& if If A i# IS o 2 to

leave home for a period of time, especially for a holiday/vacation MMf'htH ( XleMik ) : They’ve gone away for a few days. jlfefJfi £htfc!/l^7o 0 I’m going away on business. Sc lc A i§ It„ 3 to disappear A: The smell still hasn’t gone away.

,go back if two people go back a period of time (usually a long time), they have known each other for that time |@iR, EiAiR. ( — ft frf I h] ) : Dave and I go back twenty years. ScfBtfc^lBiR^-l+^Te, ,go 'back (to ... ) to return to a place ®iU, jg® (       ) : She

doesn’t want to go back to her husband (= to live with him again), ifc X B 0 31 3t A # M 7 . o This toaster will have to go back (= be taken back to the shop/store where it was bought) —it’s faulty. M B IJH# i! 0

A      o Of course we want to go back some

day—it’s our country, our real home. ScCI^#&#liW“

AE&0A        MScdMS, mmiEMMo onote

at return go back (to sth) 1 to consider sth that happened or was said at an earlier time 0'tZ.iJ; 0 31 (      ) : Can I go back to what you said at the

beginning of the meeting?

M , ft ^ ? 0 Once you have made this decision, there will be no going back (= you will not be able to change your mind). #—ft M A A ££ tftS tl Sfc o 2 to have existed since a particular time or for a particular period 11 $8 31; 0 'M f'J: Their family goes back to the time of the Pilgrim Fathers.

,go 'back on sth to fail to keep a promise; to change your mind about sth ££ : He never goes back on his word (= never fails to do what he has said he will do). life A Slttlifo go 'back to sth to start doing sth again that you had stopped doing          !l $110 ik: The kids

go back to school next week. ^TfflTjg JF#o o [+ -ing] She’s decided to go back to teaching. MB AAE]6fJr#lffco ,go be'fore to exist or happen in an earlier time Jgr A; AlIU#lE; lAftAA: The present crisis is worse than any that have gone before.

#C#;tfllfP/n£So go before sb/sth to be presented to sb/sth for discussion, decision or judgement  -

Mi£ ( iStA^A is A ) : My application goes before the planning committee next week.g

,go be yond sth to be more than sth ®M ( Uplift ) 31 S PCT71 exceed : This year’s sales figures go beyond all our expectations [= are much better than we thought they would be). 4^M$W*AAj8M$W]Wffi»3.

,go 'by (of time Rf |b]) to pass Mi&; Mi: Things will get easier as time goes by.           Hfs] WHSIf U&fi Br&

# „ o The weeks went slowly by. Rf |h]—ffl if 'If M i To 'go by sth to be guided by sth; to form an opinion from sth mm ( That’s a

good rule to go by. g|5 Ji ^ il ^  jtf M M.« o If past

experience is anything to go by, they’ll be late.

,go 'down 1 to fall to the ground |SJT; ^T ;

±: She tripped and went down with a bump.       —

T,     2 if a ship, etc. goes down,

it disappears below the water (     ) T ift, M'S

HTO sink 3 when the sun or moon goes down, it disappears below the horizon ( 0, ft )

T,       set 4 if food or drink will/will not go

down, it is difficult/easy to swallow ( W 1k W.  )

#T, BBT, b® T: A glass of wine would go down very nicely (= I would very much like one). ni§—

/cJlftTo 5 if the price of sth, the temperature, etc. goes down, it becomes lower (      (MS

% ) 0uE3 fall: The price of oil is going down, fiVlE^T^o O Oil is going down in price.

{fr 0 g*Tara GO up 6 (informaf) to get worse in quality ( Ut il ) Tl#: The neighbourhood has gone down a lot recently. Ifiilg—7 [computing if) to stop working temporarily The system is going down in ten minutes.

IsITo 8 [NAmE, informal) to happen You really don’t know what’s going down?

go ’down (from ... ) [BrE, formal) to leave a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the end of a term or after finishing your studies (

) Mm (     ) Ena GO

up (to ...) ,go down (in sth) to be written in sth; to be recorded or remembered in sth ; MA:

It all goes down (= she writes it all) in her notebook. UP o He will go down in history as a great statesman, {faffed f go down (on sb) [slang) to perform oral sex on sb (= to use the mouth to give sb sexual pleasure) (P3£ ,go 'down (to sb) to be defeated by sb, especially in a game or competition (

If 41 )        Italy went down to Brazil by three goals

to one. iAf'JPAkl —    PA» ,go 'down

(to ... ) (from ... ) to go from one place to another, especially further south or from a city or large town to a smaller place (       ) 31 ( ) ( AIh^T^c/A

MS. A M H f'J S Af ) : They’ve gone down to Brighton for a couple of days.        At#/I

Ao 1*123 go up go down (with sb) to be received in a particular way by sb §:31 ( ^AW••• ) Ut:

The suggestion didn’t go down very well with her boss.

o ,go down with sth

[especially BrE) to become ill/sick with sth H • • ■ ^

± • • • ^ rsm catch : Our youngest boy has gone down with chickenpox. ScCI#J/frJLT^±7zMiko 'go for sb to attack sb ^S^A;       ) ^A:

She went for him with a knife.   A0 'go

for sb/sth 1 to apply to sb/sth iifBT^A (

) : What I said about Peter goes for you, too.

0 They have a high level of unemployment—but the same goes for many other

countries.          AM,

Halite 2 to go to a place and bring sb/sth back AS ®3£A; A^0^tl: She’s gone for some milk. tUiX 7 c 3 to be attracted by sb/sth; to like or prefer sb/sth( H ) mk%A (   ) ■■ she

goes for tall slim men. M1l2A#tiftSTl##§’Ao 0 I don’t really go for modern art.       8°

for sth 1 to choose sth      J think I’ll go for the

fruit salad, fic 3f ^ 7jt ^ fe tk 0 o note at choose 2 to put a lot of effort into sth, so that you get or achieve sth  Go for it, John! You know you can

beat him.      £j*&!