there go/goes

idiom

informal

—used to say that something is no longer available or possible

Look at that traffic jam! There goes our only chance of arriving on time.

It's supposed to rain this weekend, so there go our plans for a barbecue.

Examples of there go/goes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here comes the snow And there go all the bread and eggs and toilet paper from the grocery stores. —Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

Miss a day at the wrong time of the season and there goes a whole lot of work down the drain. —Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025

So there goes $60 billion of profit margin basically. —Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 27 June 2025

Dying by suicide would not only have been darker (there goes the debate about comedy versus tragedy), but also less open to interpretation. —Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025

During rare family reunions that my niece is enjoying, her wife will get a sudden stomachache, and there goes my niece, to lay down with her in a quiet room. —Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2025

When the team goes from consistently winning with one of the top head coaches of all time in Bill Belichick, to a struggling franchise with a whole new coaching staff and an unclear future, the desire to sign there goes way down. —Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025

Everything at Kilolani is well thought-out and intentional so your time there goes way deeper than just relaxation. —Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024

The man carrying boxes of pastries into the coffee shop—there goes the baker with his tray like always. —Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2024

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