as in cost
to have a price of
those cars go for $25,000
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went for
2 of 2phrase
1
as in enjoyed
to take pleasure in
I could go for a cold beer right about now.
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2
as in accepted
to have a favorable opinion of
I hope they go for my proposal.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for went (for)
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But most tickets cost hundreds of dollars, and prices were even higher for the knockout stages of the tournament.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Shipping experts say rural delivery costs more because drivers make fewer stops per mile, increasing the cost per package.—
Barbara Booth,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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That film was acquired in a bidding war that fetched a $14 million sale out of the Toronto International Film Festival.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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Foundation hosted a number of notable auctions of the period, including Chris Torres’s Nyan Cat, which sold for the then-equivalent of about $600,000, and Edward Snowden’s Stay Free, produced with the Freedom of the Press Foundation, which fetched 2,224 ETH.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Born at the zoo in 2024, Neukgu is a third-generation descendent of a group of wolves brought from Russia in 2008 as part of a project to reintroduce wolves resembling those that lived in the Korean wild before going extinct in the 1960s.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Read's attorneys claimed that O'Keefe was never hit by a vehicle, but was instead killed inside the home during a fight and then brought outside.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Went (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20%28for%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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