Question

Look up the following verbs in a good dictionary. List at least 20 different uses of the following. You may include their use with different prepositions, adverbs, and idioms.

Answer 1

Uses of ‘go’:

1. Go down (decrease; reduce) - Stocks in the company have gone down for the third straight week in a row.

2. Go to bed (to sleep) - I’m going to take a shower and go to bed

3. Go after (pursue an object or a goal) - The police went after him but he got away.

4. Go away (leave a place) - Go away and leave me alone!

5. Go back (return) - I forgot my purse and had to go back for it.

6. Got to go (need to go) - Got to go before I miss my train!

7. Go on (continue) - Well, the party must go on, whether we have caterers or not!

8. Go up (increase, rise) - The temperature is supposed to go up to 90 today, so I hope your air conditioner is working! 

9. Go through (Examine; study carefully) - Make sure to go through your thesis completely before you hand it. 

10. Go to hell (angry rejection of someone or something) - How can you say such an awful thing to me? Go to hell!
11. There you go - There you go! I knew you'd get the hang of it eventually!
12. Let go - The baby refused to let go of the rattle.
13. Go for it! - I'm going for a Ph.D in applied physics.
14. Go crazy (to go insane) - She went crazy and started to think everyone was trying to kill her.
15. Go against (to oppose) - Public opinion is going against the government on this issue.
16. Happy go lucky (carefree) - A happy-go-lucky person does not plan much and accepts what happens without becoming worried.
17. Go live (to begin operating) - Our new website will be going live next month.
18. Go green (environment- friendly) - I have recently stopped providing plastic bags for my customers. 
19. Go together (appropriate for each other) - This tie and this shirt go together well.
20. way to go (done something well) - I heard you girls won the contest. Way to go!