if you are after a low cost exotic vacation. 2. take to immorality: What’s the best way to help young girls who go wrong ? 3. turn out badly or unfavorably: What if something goes wrong ? What if I missed an exam or something affected my performance? go down to the wire • go under the wire go down to the wire—(also: come down to the wire) continue to the very last moment or the very end: The game will go down to the wire but in the end the Uconn Huskies should pull away as national champions. go under the wire—(also: come under the wire) 1. be at the finishing-line of a racecourse: Like an irresistible, perfect piece of mechanism she sailed on; and went under the wire a clear winner…. 2. come at the last possible moment: It was not front page news and I guess went under the wire many places. The timing of this announcement was indeed bad. 3. get free from detention camp (surrounded by barbed wire) by flight: He hasn’t assimilated. He doesn’t want to be here. And he might go under the wire first chance he gets. go dry • run dry go dry—(U.S. hist.) enact legislation for the prohibition of alcohol: The decision of the United States to go dry was a great social experiment. run dry—1. (of a river, well, etc.) be dried up; not yield water, etc.: What shall we do if the well runs dry ? 2. (of a cow) be no longer able to provide milk: Most cows run dry in about ten months. 3. become exhausted: In 1797 the bullion in the Bank of England had almost run dry . Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the nominal phrase dry runa preliminary trial; a rehearsal for the real attempt: There is long, hard planning, endless training, repeated dry runs … behind undertakings of this magnitude. go far • go far afield go far —1. be successful, especially in one’s career: This band is full of talent and will certainly go far . 2. (of food, money, etc.) last long; be sufficient: A pound does not go so far today as it did twenty years ago. 3. produce a certain effect; promote smth.: The loan will go far towards overcoming our financial troubles. 4. (negat.) undertake special efforts: One need not go far to discover why African cultural elements persist so strongly in post-slavery Cuba. go far afield—1. go off the subject; digress from the line of reasoning: Do not go far afield to review concepts on the periphery of your talk. 2. = go far 4: Actually, we need not go far afield to find a theory which is formally adequate to our needs. See also: be too far gone / go too far. go fishing • gone fishing go fishing—(U.S. sl., also: be on a fishing expedition) under- take a search for facts (especially using improper methods): When you’re involved in litigation, you’re almost inviting the other side to go fishing through your ancient records. gone fishing—(U.S. sl.) 1. said of a person unaccountably absent from duty: President Bush hung out the “gone fishing sign at the White House on Friday and headed for a birthday weekend. 2. be not in touch with the real world; have no idea what is going on: This is not the first time he has “gone fishing in a big match. Even Liam Brady would have done better play- ing last night. go flat • go flat out go flat—1. spread out lying at full length: I would usually go flat on the ground in case the door was trapped with a grenade. 2. (coll.) lose enthusiasm or interest: I get quite inter- ested for about five minutes and then—poof! I go flat like a burst balloon. 3. (of a battery) run down; lose charge: Darren has called the Automobile Association twice: once when the battery went flat …. 4. (of a tire) be deflated (after a puncture): After driving on the freeway, all four of Torty’s tires went flat . 5. (of beer) lose flavor; become stale: Not only will the beer suddenly go flat : the extra oxygen will rapidly burn the alcohol out of the client’s bloodstreams. go flat out—(coll.) do smth. with all one’s energy: Our vote is holding up well and we will be going flat out to win over the undecided voters. go for a spin • go into a flat spin go for a spin(dated) make a short journey in a car just for enjoyment: Jack has invited us all to go for a spin in his new car tomorrow. go into a flat spin—be in a state of mental confusion or panic: It is quite possible for a man to go into a flat spin when faced with some trouble. go for it • run for it go for it—make an all-out attempt to get or obtain smth.: Each dog selected his bird, and went for it steadily. Note: The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase go at it— act rapidly and vigorously: When you have found out what you want to do—then go at it like blazes. run for it—(also: make a run for it) run in order to escape from a place or a dangerous situation: We made good progress but then encountered more head winds which increased to gale force, and once more we had to run for it . go from one extreme to the other • go to extremes go from one extreme to the other—pass from one exaggerated view to its opposite: We tend to go from one extreme to the other . When the society is too tight, then we tend to go to the extreme of freedom. go to extremes—be immoderate in one’s actions; do smth. to excess: He is the kind of man who cannot do anything in moderation. He always goes to extremes . go-go boy • go-to guy go-go boy—(sl.) a performer of erotic dances at a dis- cotheque, striptease club, etc.: You know the kind of place— large dancefloor, hot go-go boys , balconies from where you can look down on the crowd. go-to guy—(coll.) a reliable person to whom one turns for help, information, or support: Go see Lewis. He is our go-to guy here who handles all of our technical issues. go head to head • run head to head go head to head —engage in direct confrontation or conflict: On the same day the two candidates go head to head in their only joint televised debate. run head to head —compete so closely that the lead is virtu- ally indistinguishable: Neither Jolivette nor Fox had enough votes when they were running head-to-head in the March pri- mary. go home • go in a home go home—(also: get home) become quite clear to a person: His calculated sarcasm went home like the sharp point of a rapier. Note: The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with the phrase come home1. = go home: The ideal of equality would come home with special meaning to men bred up on the frontier. 2. (also: come home to roost) return by way of ret- ribution: Eventually every single problem you have avoided dealing with will come home . go in a home —move into an institution such as old people’s home, providing refuge and care: My personal experience with my father was, he was adamant he did not want to go in a home . – 149 – go home