Phrasal verbs 07

Milon

7 years ago

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?