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Go off with
Elope, run away with someone
“She WENT OFF WITH her friend's husband.”
Go on about
Talk too much
“He's always GOING ON ABOUT his kids.”
Go on at
Pester, try to make someone do something by repeatedly asking or suggesting
“He WENT ON AT his parents until they bought him the game.”
Go on to
Proceed
“We had dinner and WENT ON TO a few bars.”
Go on with
Continue doing
“Please GO ON WITH your work.”
Go one
A way of encouraging someone
“GO ON, apply for the job.”
Go out for
Become a candidate, apply for something
“She WENT OUT FOR a place on the team.”
Go out to
Feel sympathy with someone
“Our condolences GO OUT TO all the families who have lost people in this tragic accident.”
Go out with
Have a relationship with
“He's been GOING OUT WITH his girlfriend for around six months now.”
Go over to
Go on a journey
“I'm GOING OVER TO Hong Kong next month.”
Go past
Pass without stopping
“She WENT PAST me without saying hello.”
Go round
Be or have enough of something
“There aren't enough jobs to GO ROUND for the numbers of people graduating nowadays.”
Go through with
Do or complete something you've agreed to
“He did promise, but I doubt that he'll GO THROUGH WITH it.”
Go to
Allocate money
“About half of my income GOES TO pay the mortgage.”
Go together
Harmonize or be compatible
“Drinking and driving don't GO TOGETHER.”
Go towards
Contibute
“The money WENT TOWARDS my university fees.”
Go under
Go bankrupt
“Many small shops are GOING UNDER because they cannot compete with the supermarkets.”
Go up to
Approach
“She WENT UP TO him and asked him if he wanted a drink.”
Go with
Combine nicely
“A lot of benefits GO WITH the job.”
Go without
Not have
“I had to GO WITHOUT lunch today because I didn't have any time.”
Goof around
Fool around, not be serious
“We spent the weekend GOOFING AROUND.”
Goof off
Avoid or leave work
“We GOOFED OFF for the afternoon to watch the match.”
Goof on
Tease, make fun of
“I don't like the way they're always GOOFING ON me.”
Goof up
Mess, spoil
“They GOOFED UP our plans.”
Grasp at
Try to take hold of something quickly
“He GRASPED AT the rail when he fell.”
Grass on
Report someone to a person in authority
“He GRASSED ON us and got us into a lot of trouble.”
Grass up
Report someone to a person in authority
“She didn't to GRASS them UP, even though they'd been bullying her badly.”
Grey out
Disable a function in a computer program, leaving it visible but not working
“They GREYED OUT the print button to stop people using it. (In American English, 'gray' would be used.”
Grind away
Keep working at something
“Although I hated it, I GROUND AWAY until I had finished.”
Grind down
Reduce or destroy someone's enthusiasm
“You need to GRIND DOWN on sugar.”
Grind into
Press or twist something hard into something else
“She GROUND her cigarette INTO the ashtray.”
Grind on
Proceed relentlessly
“He was still GRINDING ON about football when we left.”
Grind out
Produce something with great difficulty
“I find it very hard to GRIND OUT an original essay every week.”
Grind up
Reduce to small pieces
“She GROUND the beans UP and made some coffee.”
Grow apart
Become distant, stop having a close relationship because time, distance, interests, etc, have changed
“We used to be good friends at school but have since GROWN APART.”
Grow away from
Become less friendly with
“I have GROWN AWAY FROM many of the people I grew up with.”
Grow back
Grow again
“Nails GROW BACK quickly after you cut them.”
Grow from
Result from a process
“A lot GREW FROM the peace talks.”
Grow into
Grow to fit large clothes
“It may seem difficult at first, but you will GROW INTO the job.”
Grow on
Like something that you didn't like at first
“A feeling of distrust of them GREW ON me.”
Grow out
Let hair, etc, with dyes, perms grow to get rid of the style
“I'm letting the perm GROW OUT.”
Grow out of
Grow too large for clothes
“He GREW OUT OF those shoes in no time at all.”
Grow to
Eventually do something
“We GREW TO like the neighbourhood.”
Grow together
Gradually become attached, united or close
“We GREW TOGETHER while we were working on the same project.”
Grow up on
Do or have something when you are a child
“We GREW UP ON cartoons.”
Grow upon
Like something that you didn't like at first
“A feeling of distrust of them GREW UPON me.”
Gun for
Try to destroy an opponent
“He's GUNNING FOR his rivals at work.”
Gussy up
Dress smartly or improve the appearance of something
“They spent a fortune GUSSYING UP the house.”
Hack around
Waste time
“I've been HACKING AROUND all morning because I can't get down to doing any revision.”
Hack into
Break into a computer system
“He HACKED INTO the government database and stole a lot of data.”