Base verb
Phrasal verbs with go
The verb go combines with 22 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
22 phrasal verbs · 49 meanings
go about
1 sense- Approach or carry out a task in a particular way
go across
1 sense- Move from one side of a place to the other
go after
1 sense- Pursue someone or something with effort
go ahead
1 sense- Begin or continue with a planned action
go along
1 sense- Agree with or support someone's plan
go around
5 senses- Take a longer path to avoid something
- Move in a circular path
- Be enough for everyone in a group
go away
2 senses- Leave a place or person
- Travel somewhere for a holiday or break
go back
3 senses- Return to a place
- (of a friendship or history) date from a particular time
- Withdraw from a promise or agreement
go by
3 senses- Of time, pass or elapse
- Use a rule, name, or evidence as your guide
- Use a particular name
go down
1 sense- Become lower in amount or number
go forth
2 senses- Set out or proceed onwards
- Move repeatedly between two points or positions
go forward
1 sense- Continue with a plan or proposal
go in
3 senses- Enter a place
- (of the sun, moon or stars) become hidden behind clouds
- Be understood or accepted into the mind
go off
1 sense- Stop working or be cut
go on
5 senses- Continue happening or doing something
- Happen or take place
- Talk for a long time, often in a tedious way
go out
1 sense- Leave to socialise or travel
go over
5 senses- Move from this side to the other
- Examine or review something carefully
- Be received in a particular way by an audience
go round
2 senses- Travel in a circular path or loop
- Of news or rumour, spread among a group
go through
7 senses- Travel from one side to the other
- Be approved or accepted by a system
- Examine something carefully
go together
1 sense- (of two things) match or look good as a pair
go under
1 sense- Fail completely as a business or project
go up
1 sense- Rise in price or amount
Practice the go family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of go with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.