Phrasal verb go Flashcards
Go through
Amelia has been going through a difficult time at work, so she decided to cheer herself up by going in for a competition
experiencing an unpleasant or difficult situation
Go in for
Amelia has been going through a difficult time at work, so she decided to cheer herself up by going in for a competition
doing or competing in
Go without
Amelia has had to go without a holiday for several years now, so she really wanted to win
not have something which you usually have
Go out
The competition was to write a story beginning “Suddenly the light went out”
stopped giving light
Go about
“How can I go about getting a good idea?”, she asked me.
start to do or deal with something
Go for
“It’s must be something special so that the judges go for my story over all the others”
choose
Go through
I suggested she went to the library to go through some books of short stories - she might get some ideas there.
examine the contents of something carefully.
Go off
So she went off to see what she could find
left a place to go to somewhere else.
Go on
She soon found some great stories. She read one and then another and she went on reading all afternoon.
continued
go along with sth/sb
Whatever you say, Maggie will go along with you.
support an idea or agree with someone’s opinion.
Go on
It went on raining all day
continue to exist or happen
Go on
There’s a police car outside the shop. Do you know what’s going on?
happen
Go through with
I don’t want to do the exam now but I’d better go through with it.
do something unpleasant or difficult which you planned or promised to do.
Go together
A bad cough and a sore throat often go together
If two types of thing or people go together, they are usually found with each other.
