frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

the metal till it is gone. 3 fret, irritate, harry, hector,
pester, worry, bother, plague, trouble, torment, torture,
distress, badger, harass, haunt, nag, vex, gall, nettle, irk,
peeve, annoy: The feeling that something was very wrong
continued to gnaw at her.
7.7 go...
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go v. 1 move (ahead or forward or onwards), proceed, advance,
pass, make headway, travel, voyage, set off, tour, trek, wend,
stir, budge: Would you go to the market for me? 2 leave,
depart, go out, move (out or away), decamp, make off, withdraw,
repair, retire, retreat, Colloq take off: I wish he would go at
once. She went to her country cottage for the weekend. 3
function, operate, work, run, perform: I cannot get the engine
to go properly. 4 lead, open to, give access to, communicate to
or with, connect with or to: Where does this door go? 5 lead,
communicate with, run: Does this road go to Oxford? 6 fit,
belong (together), agree or conform (with each other),
harmonize, blend, match, be appropriate or suitable (for or to),
complement each other: These colours don't go. 7 become: He
went mad when he learnt about the accident. 8 fit, extend,
reach, span, stretch: My belt would never go round your waist!
9 be disposed of or discarded or thrown away, be dismissed, be
got rid of or abolished, be given up, be cast or set or put
aside, be done with: That out-dated computer has to go. 10
disappear (without a trace), vanish (into thin air), evaporate:
Where has all the money gone? 11 pass, elapse, slip or tick
away, fly: Time goes quickly when you're having fun. 12 fail,
fade, decline, flag, weaken, degenerate, wear out, give (out);
give way, collapse, fall or come or go to pieces, disintegrate,
crack: I'm afraid the tyres are going. When that last support
goes, the roof will come down. 13 die, expire, be gone, meet
one's Maker, pass on or away, shuffle off this mortal coil, go
to one's reward, go to the happy hunting-grounds, go to that
great cricket-pitch in the sky, Slang kick the bucket, snuff it:
By the time the doctor arrived, Graham had gone. 14 sound,
pronounce, enunciate, articulate, say, utter: And this little
pig goes 'Wee, wee, wee', all the way home. 15 survive, last
(out), endure, live, continue: How long can we go without
water? 16 be used up or consumed or finished: The last of our