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1 to move forward along a course

everything is going according to our plans

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approach,
near

take out

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gain ground

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regress

wait

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2 to leave a place often for another

will go on vacation at the end of the year

decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier

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abscond,
decamp,
escape,
evacuate,
flee,
fly,
get out,
mizzle
[chiefly British],
run away,
scat,
scram,
skip

emigrate

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3 to be fitting or proper

at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes

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befit,
beseem
[archaic],
do,
fit
[archaic],
serve,
suit

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satisfy,
suffice

function,
work

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fill the bill
(or fit the bill)

4 to be in agreement on every point

your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said

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fall in with

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negate,
nullify

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5 to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction

the highway goes right along the river

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6 to eventually have as a state or quality

she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop

the room went dark

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become,
come,
get,
grow,
run,
turn,
wax

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7 to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges

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give way

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8 to have or be in a usual or proper place

these plates go in this cabinet

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belong

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place,
stay

fit (in)

9 to lose bodily strength or vigor

when you get old, your eyesight starts to go

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yield

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gain

10 to make one's way through, across, or over

I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space

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ride,
run

crisscross

11 to occur within a continuous range of variation

selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

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change,
mutate

12 to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event

to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

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bid,
offer

13 chiefly Southern & Midland to have in mind as a purpose or goal

I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off

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aim,
allow
[chiefly Southern & Midland],
aspire,
calculate,
contemplate,
design,
intend,
look,
mean,
meditate,
plan,
propose,
purport,
purpose

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plot,
scheme

Phrases Synonymous with go

figure on

14 to come to an end

we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went

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bite the dust

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15 to have enough money for

I think I can go for the new car after all

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afford,
swing

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cover

bid,
offer

16 to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute

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abide,
absorb,
accept,
bear,
bide
[chiefly dialect],
brook,
countenance,
endure,
hack,
handle,
meet,
pocket,
stand,
stick out,
stomach,
support,
sustain,
sweat out,
take,
tolerate,
wear
[British]

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reconcile (to)

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17 to stop living

her grandmother went peacefully last night

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check out,
conk (out),
croak
[slang],
decease,
demise,
depart,
die,
drop,
end,
exit,
expire,
fall,
flatline,
kick in
[slang],
kick off
[slang],
part,
pass (on),
pass away,
peg out
[chiefly British],
perish,
pop off,
step out,
succumb

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predecease

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come to,
revive

linger

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breathe,
live

18 to turn out as planned or desired

we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out

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catch on

cook,
percolate

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languish

flounder,
struggle

fall down,
go under

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adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms of go (Entry 2 of 3)

being in a state of fitness for some experience or action

all systems are go

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qualified,
trained

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noun

Synonyms & Antonyms of go (Entry 3 of 3)

1 a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time

snowboarding is all the go

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nine days' wonder
(also nine day wonder)

new wave

crush,
infatuation

fervor,
passion

novelty,
wrinkle

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classic,
standard

2 active strength of body or mind

a healthy six-year-old full of go

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indolence,
laziness

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3 an effort to do or accomplish something

it took several goes to get the car started

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assay
[archaic],
attempt,
bash
[chiefly British],
bid,
crack,
endeavor,
essay,
fling,
offer,
pass,
shot,
stab,
trial,
try,
whack,
whirl

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trial and error

4 readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity

a young executive with the go to make this company grow

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“Go.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go. Accessed 22 Jun. 2021.

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