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already? 3 [I;T(= go through sthg.)] (of a law etc) to pass through or be accepted (by): *The bill has gone through (Parliament) without a vote. | The plan must go through several stages.* 4 [T(go through sthg.)] to practise (a ceremony or performance): *Let's go through it again, this time with the music.* 5 [T(go through sthg.)] to look at or examine carefully: *I'm sure it's there - I'll go through the file again. | She went through his jacket pockets and eventually found the keys.*
**go through with sthg.** *phr v [T]* to complete (something which has been agreed or planned), often with difficulty: *He promised to marry her, but now he doesn't want to go through with it.*
**go to sthg.** *phr v [T no pass.]* **1** to cause oneself to experience: *He went to a lot of trouble for me. | They went to great expense to educate their children. | They went to great lengths (=took a lot of trouble) to ensure that no one would find out the truth.* **2** to start experiencing or causing (a state or action): *Be quiet; I'm trying to go to sleep. | Britain and Germany went to war in 1939.* $\rightarrow$ see also GO TO PIECES ($PIECE^{1}$)
**go together** *phr v [I]* **1** (of two or more things) to match or suit each other **2** *AmE, infml* (usually said by older children) to go steady (STEADY): *We're going together. | Do you want to go together?*
**go under** *phr v [I]* **1** (of a ship or floating object) to sink below the surface **2** to fail, be defeated, or get into difficulties: *Unless the company's sales improve soon, it will go under.*
**go up** *phr v [I]* **1** to rise; increase: *Prices have gone up again.* **2** to be built: *There are new houses going up everywhere round here.* **3** to explode or be destroyed in fire: *The whole house went up in flames.* $\rightarrow$ see also GO UP IN SMOKE ($SMOKE^{1}$) **4** (of the curtain on stage) to open and start the performance: *What time does the curtain go up?* **5** [(to)] *BrE* to go to a university, especially to begin a course of study, or to a more important place: *to go up to London* **6** [+adv/prep, especially *to*] to reach as far as: *The trees go right up to the riverbank.*
**go with** *phr v [T no pass.]* **1** to match or suit: *Mary's blue dress goes with her eyes. | Mint sauce goes well with roast lamb.* **2** to be gained with or included with, especially as a result: *Happiness doesn't necessarily go with money.* | [+v-ing] *Responsibility goes with becoming a father.* **3** *infml* to spend time socially, or (euph) sexually, with (someone of the opposite sex): *He goes with a different girl every week.* **4** *AmE, infml* to choose: *If I were you I'd go with the red one, Pete.* **5** **go with the crowd/the times/the stream/the flow** to behave or think in the same way as most people **6** **go with that/it** *AmE, infml* to continue to do or to develop something, such as a course of action or an idea: *I know university has been difficult, but go with it for just a while longer.*
**go without (sthg.)** *phr v [I;T+obj/ v-ing]* **1** to succeed in living without (something); DO WITHOUT: *She went without sleep / without sleeping for five days. | We can't afford it, so we'll just have to go without.* **2** **it goes without saying** it is clear without needing to be stated: *If you take a job as a journalist, it goes without saying that sometimes you'll have to work at weekends.*
$\text{go}^{2}$ *n pl.* **goes** *infml* **1 [C]** especially *BrE* one's turn, especially in a game: *It's my go now.* **2 [C(at)]** especially *BrE* an attempt to do something: *'I can't open this jar.' 'Let me have a go.' | He had several goes at the exam before he passed.* **3 [U]** an active lively quality; VITALITY: *The children are full of go. | She's got plenty of go, and is sure to do well in her job.* $\rightarrow$ see also GET-UP-AND-GO **4 [C usually sing.]** *BrE old-fash* an (awkward or strange) state of affairs: *This is a bit of a rum go!* **5 (all) the go** *BrE infml* very fashionable **6 have a go** *infml, BrE* **a)** to complain: *My boyfriend is sure to have a go at me for spending so much money.* **b)** to attempt to catch or stop a wrongdoer by force: *This criminal may be armed, so the police advise the public against having a go.* **7 it's all go** *BrE infml* it is very busy: *It's all go in the postal service at Christmas time!* **8 (it's) no go** *infml* it has not happened or it will not happen: *I tried to persuade her to accept your plan, but (it was) no go, I'm afraid.* $\rightarrow$ see also NO-GO AREA **9 make a go of** *infml* **a)** *BrE* to make a success of: *Do you think they'll ever make a go of their marriage?* **b)** *AmE* to try (to do something): *I think we can reach the top - do you want to make a go of it?* **10 on the go** *infml* working all the time or very busy: *I've been on the go all day and I'm worn out.*
**goad**$^{1}$ /ɡəʊd/ *v [T]* **1** [(into, ON)] to cause (someone) to do something by strong or continued annoyance: *If you keep goading her with those insults she may turn nasty. | They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward. | He was tired of working but the need for money goaded him on.* **2** to drive (especially cattle) with a goad
**goad**$^{2}$ *n* a sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle or other animals forward: (fig.) *They needed the goad of threatened fines to make them take action.*
**'go-a,head**$^{1}$ *n [S]* permission to take action: *We're ready to start the new building as soon as we get/we are given the go-ahead from the council.* $\rightarrow$ see also GO AHEAD
**go-ahead**$^{2}$ *adj BrE* active in using new methods; PROGRESSIVE: *It's a very go-ahead company; they were among the first to introduce profit-sharing.*
**goal** /ɡəʊl/ $n$ **1** (In games such as football and HOCKEY) the area, usually between two goalposts, where the ball, PUCK etc, must go for a point to be gained: *He kicked the ball into the goal. | (BrE) He has kept goal (=been goalkeeper) for England.* **2** the point gained when the ball is caused to do this: *He scored a goal. | Brazil beat France by two goals to one.* **3** one's aim or purpose; a position or object one wishes to reach or obtain: *Her goal is a place at university. | The company has achieved all its goals this year. | Before starting on a project like this, you have to set yourself some clearly defined goals.* $\rightarrow$ see also OWN GOAL
**goal·keep·er** /'ɡəʊl,kiːpə/ also **goal·ie** /'ɡəʊli/ *infml* —$n$ the player in a football or other sports team who is responsible for preventing the ball from getting into his or her team's goal: *The goalkeeper made a marvellous save.*
**'goal kick** *n* (in football) a FREE KICK taken by the defending team when the ball is sent over the goal line by the opposing team
**'goal line** *n* a line at either end and usually running the width of a playing area, on which a GOAL is placed
**goal·mouth** /'ɡəʊlmaʊθ/ $n$ the area directly in front of the GOAL
**goal·post** /'ɡəʊlpaʊst/ $n$ [usually pl.] one of the two posts, with a bar along the top or across the middle, and usually with a net at the back, that form the GOAL in games like football and HOCKEY $\rightarrow$ see also **move the goalposts** (MOVE$^1$)
**goat** /ɡəʊt/ $n$ **1** a horned animal related to the sheep, which also gives milk and wool, and which can climb steep hills and rocks and eat almost anything **2** *especially BrE infml, especially derog or humor* a man who is very active sexually, especially one who is old or not sexually attractive **3 get someone's goat** *infml* to make someone extremely annoyed $\rightarrow$ see also BILLY GOAT, KID$^1$, NANNY GOAT
**goa·tee** /ɡəʊ'tiː/ $n$ a little pointed beard on the bottom of the chin, like the hair on a male goat's chin
**goat·herd** /'ɡəʊthɜːd||-hɜːrd/ $n$ a person who looks after a FLOCK (=a group) of goats
**goat·skin** /'ɡəʊt,skɪn/ $n$ [C;U] (leather made from) the skin of a goat
**gob**$^1$ /ɡɒb||ɡɑːb/ $n$ *BrE slang, impolite* the mouth: *Shut your gob!*
**gob**$^2$ *n* [(of)] *slang* **1** a mass of something wet and sticky: *gobs of spit* **2** also **gobs** *AmE infml* a large amount of: *gobs of money | He gave me a whole gob of extra work to do just as he was leaving.*
**gob·bet** /'ɡɒbɪt||'ɡɑː-/ $n$ [(of)] *infml* a lump or piece of something, especially food
**gob·ble**$^{1}$ /'ɡɒbl||'ɡɑː-/ $v [I;T(UP)]$ *infml* to eat very quickly, and sometimes noisily: *Don't gobble your breakfast. | (fig.) Inflation soon gobbled up our pay increase.*
**gobble**$^2$ $v$ [I] to make the sound a TURKEY makes —**gobble** $n$
**gob·ble·dy·gook, -degook** /'ɡɒbldɪɡuːk||'ɡɑːbəldɪɡʊk, -ɡuːk/ $n [U]$ *infml derog* meaningless but important-sounding official language; often very difficult to understand: *bureaucratic gobbledygook*
**'go-be,tween** $n$ a person who takes messages from one person or side to another, because the two sides cannot meet or do not wish to meet: *She acted as a go-between in the delicate negotiations.*