go about To set about to do; undertake:Go about your chores in a responsible way.go along To cooperate:They get along by going along.go around To satisfy a demand or requirement:just enough food to go around.To go here and there; move from place to place.To have currency:rumors going around.go at To attack,especially with energy.To approach; undertake:He went at the job with a lot of energy.go by To elapse; pass:as time goes by.To pay a short visit:My parents were away when we went by last week.go down To drop below the horizon; set:The sun went down.To fall to the ground:The helicopter went down in a ball of fire.To sink:The torpedoed battleship went down.To experience defeat or ruin.To be accepted or tolerated:How will your ideas go down as far as corporate marketing is concerned?To come to be remembered in posterity:a debate that will go down as a turning point in the campaign.To admit of easy swallowing:a cough syrup that goes down readily.To decrease in cost or value.Chiefly British To leave a university.Slang To occur; happen:"a collection of memorable pieces about the general craziness that was going down in those days" (James Atlas).To be accepted or tolerated:How will your ideas go down as far as corporate marketing is concerned?To come to be remembered in posterity:a debate that will go down as a turning point in the campaign.Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio or cunnilingus.go for Informal To have a special liking for:I really go for progressive jazz.To attack:an opponent who is known to go for the jugular in arguments.To pass for or serve as:a couch that also goes for a bed.go in To take part in a cooperative venture:went in with the others to buy a present.To make an approach,as before an attack:Troops went in at dawn.go into To discuss or investigate:The book goes into classical mythology.To undertake as a profession or course of study:She's going into medicine.go off To undergo detonation; explode.To make a noise; sound:The siren went off at noon.To leave:Don't go off mad.Informal To adhere to the expected course of events or the expected plan:The project went off smoothly.go on To take place; happen:didn't know what was going on.To continue:Life must go on.To keep on doing (something):Don't go on talking.To proceed:She went on to become a senator.Informal To talk volubly:My,you do go on.go out To become extinguished.To go outdoors; leave one's residence:He went out at seven.To take part in social life outside the home:goes out a lot.To become unfashionable:High boots went out last year.To undergo structural collapse:The bridge went out.go over To gain acceptance or approval:a new style that didn't go over.To examine or review:go over the test scores.go through To examine carefully:went through the students' papers.To experience:We went through hell while working on this project.To perform:I went through the sonata in 30 minutes.go under To suffer defeat or destruction; fail.To lose consciousness.go up To increase in price or value.To be in the process of construction:Office buildings went up all over town.Chiefly British To go to a university.go with To date (someone) regularly.To select or choose:decided to go with the pink wallpaper.