Thesaurus
go
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of GO
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to move forward along a course <everything is going according to our plans>
Synonyms advance, come, come along, do, fare, forge, get along, get on, go along, go off, march, pace, proceed, progress
Related Words accelerate, fast-forward, speed; approach, near; journey, pass, repair, run, travel, wend; actuate, drive, impel, propel, push; take out
Phrases gain ground
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to leave a place often for another <will go on vacation at the end of the year> <decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier>
Synonyms bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bugger off [British slang], bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), scarper [British], shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk out
Related Words set out, start, strike out; abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, mizzle [chiefly British], run away, scat, scram, skip; go out, light out, step out; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate; emigrate; adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdraw
Phrases beat it, hit the road, pull stakes (or pull up stakes), take a hike (also take a walk), take a powder
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to eventually have as a state or quality <she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop> <the room went dark>
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to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure <watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges>
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to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event <to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round>
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to come to an end <we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went>
Synonyms break off, break up, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out)
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to put up with (something painful or difficult) <I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute>
Synonyms abide, absorb, accept, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]
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to stop living <her grandmother went peacefully last night>
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to turn out as planned or desired <we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out>
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