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go pear-shaped
To go wrong or fail, especially suddenly and unexpectedly
“The business plan looked promising, but it all WENT PEAR-SHAPED”
go places
To be successful
“She's GOING PLACES”
go south
To decline or fail
“Things are GOING SOUTH”
go straight
To live an honest life after being a criminal
“He decided to GO STRAIGHT”
go the extra mile
To make more effort than is expected or required
“She always GOES THE EXTRA MILE.”
go the whole hog
To do something completely without holding back
“She decided to GO THE WHOLE HOG and renovated the entire house”
go through the roof
To increase to a very high level; to become very angry
“Prices have GONE THROUGH THE ROOF”
go to seed
To decline in quality or condition
“The property's GONE TO SEED, unfortunately.”
go to the dogs
To deteriorate; to get worse in quality
“This neighborhood has GONE TO THE DOGS”
go under
To fail or go bankrupt
“The company WENT UNDER”
go up in smoke
To be wasted or lost; to fail completely
“His dreams WENT UP IN SMOKE”
go whole hog
To do something completely
“Let's GO THE WHOLE HOG”
go with the flow
To adapt to circumstances as they happen
“Just GO WITH THE FLOW and enjoy the trip”
go without saying
To be obvious
“IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING”
go-between
A mediator; someone who arranges things between others
“She acted AS A GO-BETWEEN”
god's gift to
Someone who thinks they are perfect
“He thinks he's GOD'S GIFT TO women”
going places
To become successful or achieve great things in life or career
“Everyone can see that Sarah is GOING PLACES”
gold digger
Someone who marries for money
“She's just A GOLD DIGGER”
golden handshake
A large payment given when leaving a job
“He received A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE after 30 years”
gone with the wind
Gone forever; disappeared
“Those days are GONE WITH THE WIND.”
good as gold
Very well behaved; genuine
“The kids were AS GOOD AS GOLD”
good egg
A kind person
“My neighbour is such A GOOD EGG”
good for nothing
Useless
“He's GOOD FOR NOTHING”
good grief
An expression of shock or annoyance
“GOOD GRIEF, is she going to kick her brother?”