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goes in (on)

verb , present tense third-person singular of go in (on)

Synonyms and Antonyms of goes in (on)

to take sudden, violent action against

law enforcement officials decided to wait before going in on the barricaded gunman

Synonyms of goes in (on)

assails, assaults, attacks, besets, bushwhacks, charges, descends (on or upon), jumps (on), pounces (on or upon), raids, rushes, sets on, sics (also sicks), storms, strikes, trashes, turns (on)

Words Related to goes in (on)

bum-rushes, gangs up (on), mobs, swarms

ambuscades, ambushes, surprises (also surprizes), waylays

blitzes, bombards, bombs, nukes

barrages, cannonades, cannons

bangs away (at), batters, buffets, plasters

beleaguers, besieges, presses

harries, loots, pillages, plunders, ravages, sacks

forays, invades, overruns

envelops, flanks

Phrases Synonymous with goes in (on)

beats up on, flies at, goes at, lights into, pitches into, rounds on, sets at, sets upon, tears into

Near Antonyms of goes in (on)

covers, defends, guards, protects, secures, shields

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