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
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go across

1 sense
  • Move from one side of a place to the other
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go after

1 sense
  • Pursue someone or something with effort
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go ahead

1 sense
  • Begin or continue with a planned action
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go along

1 sense
  • Agree with or support someone's plan
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go around

5 senses
  • Take a longer path to avoid something
  • Move in a circular path
  • Be enough for everyone in a group
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go away

2 senses
  • Leave a place or person
  • Travel somewhere for a holiday or break
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go back

3 senses
  • Return to a place
  • (of a friendship or history) date from a particular time
  • Withdraw from a promise or agreement
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go by

3 senses
  • Of time, pass or elapse
  • Use a rule, name, or evidence as your guide
  • Use a particular name
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go down

1 sense
  • Become lower in amount or number
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go forth

2 senses
  • Set out or proceed onwards
  • Move repeatedly between two points or positions
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go forward

1 sense
  • Continue with a plan or proposal
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go in

3 senses
  • Enter a place
  • (of the sun, moon or stars) become hidden behind clouds
  • Be understood or accepted into the mind
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go off

1 sense
  • Stop working or be cut
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go on

5 senses
  • Continue happening or doing something
  • Happen or take place
  • Talk for a long time, often in a tedious way
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go out

1 sense
  • Leave to socialise or travel
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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
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go round

2 senses
  • Travel in a circular path or loop
  • Of news or rumour, spread among a group
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go through

7 senses
  • Travel from one side to the other
  • Be approved or accepted by a system
  • Examine something carefully
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go together

1 sense
  • (of two things) match or look good as a pair
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go under

1 sense
  • Fail completely as a business or project
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go up

1 sense
  • Rise in price or amount
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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.