Phrasal verbs 07
| Phrasal Verb | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Go about | to continue to do something; to keep busy with something | Despite the threat of war, people went about their business as usual. |
| Go away | to leave a person or place | Go away and think about it, then let me know. |
| Go by | The passing of time | Ten years WENT BY before we saw each other again. |
| Go by sth | to be guided by something; to form an opinion from something | That’s a good rule to go by. |
| Go forth | Travel abroad, leave a place | They WENT FORTH to spread the word of the new religion. |
| Go in for | to take an exam or enter a competition | He WENT IN FOR the photography prize, but didn’t win. |
| Go off | to leave a place, especially in order to do something | Please don’t GO OFF until we have sorted this out. |
| Go off | to be fired; to explode | The gun went off by accident. |
| Go off | if an alarm, etc. goes off, it makes a sudden loud noise | Suddenly the alarm clock was starting to go off. |
| Go off | if a light, the electricity, etc. goes off, it stops working | Suddenly the lights went off. |
| Go off | to fall asleep | Hasn’t the baby gone off yet? |
| Go off | if food or drink goes off, it becomes bad and not fit to eat or drink | The milk WENT OFF because I forgot to put it in the fridge. |
| Go off | to happen in a particular way | The meeting went off well. |
| Go off | to suddenly become angry with somebody | He just went off on her and started yelling. |
| Go off | to stop liking somebody/something or lose interest in them | I WENT OFF her when she lied to me. |
| Go out | Stop burning, be extinguished | The candle WENT OUT and left us in darkness. |
| Go out | Leave a place | He WENT OUT last night. |
| Go out | Be eliminated in a competition | England WENT OUT in the second round. |
| Go over | Repeat or explain | Could you GO OVER that point again, please? |
| Go over | to examine or check something carefully | Go over your work before you hand it in. |
| Go through | if a law, contract, etc. goes through, it is officially accepted or completed | The deal did not go through. |
| Go through | to study or consider something in detail, especially by repeating it | Let’s go through the arguments again. |
| Go through | to experience or suffer something | She’s been going through a bad patch recently. |
| Go through | to look at or examine something carefully, especially in order to find something | I always start the day by going through my email. She went through the company’s accounts, looking for evidence of fraud. |
| Go up | if the price of something, the temperature, etc. goes up, it becomes higher | The price of cigarettes is going up. |
| Go with | Combine nicely | Does this tie GO WITH my shirt? |
| Go with | Accompany | A lot of benefits GO WITH the job. |
| Go with | Accept, agree to | We’re GOING WITH our original plan in the end. |
| Go without | to manage without something that you usually have or need | There wasn’t time for breakfast, so I had to go without. How long can a human being go (= survive) without sleep? |
