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food was gone. 17 go to the toilet or the lavatory or the
bathroom, move (one's) bowels, urinate, defecate, Slang pee,
take a leak or a crap, Chiefly Brit go to the loo, Chiefly US go
to the john, Taboo slang (take a) piss or shit: We stopped at a
motorway filling station because Jane had to go. 18 go about.
approach, tackle, set about, undertake, begin, start: I don't
like the way she goes about her work. How does one go about
establishing a business? 19 go ahead. proceed, continue, move or
go forward, advance, progress, go on: She told me I could go
ahead with the scheme. The policeman motioned to go ahead. 20 go
along (with). a escort, accompany: We asked if we could go
along with them to the cinema. b agree (to), concur (with),
acquiesce (to), assent (to), support: Beverly would never go
along with a plan like yours. 21 go around or about or round
(with). a move or go around, circulate: I wish he'd stop going
round telling everyone about me. There's a lot of flu going
around. b socialize (with), frequent or seek the company of,
spend time with, associate with, Colloq hang around or about
(with), hang out (with): The boy is going around with that
Collins girl. c wander or move around: He goes about picking
through rubbish bins. 22 go at. attack, assault, assail: We
went at the enemy with all the fire power we could muster. 23
go away. go (off), leave, depart, withdraw, exit; retreat,
recede, decamp: The clouds went away and the sun came out. We
are going away for the weekend. 24 go back (to). a return (to);
revert (to), change back (to): He went back to his old job
after the war. Can we go back to the way things were before we
were married? b originate (in), begin or start (with), date back
(to): Our friendship goes back to our childhood. 25 go back
on. renege (on), break, retract, repudiate, forsake: She's gone
back on our agreement. 26 go by. a pass (by), go past, move
by; elapse: We used to watch the goods trains go by. The months
went by quickly since our last meeting. b rely or count or
depend or bank on, put faith in(to), be guided by, judge from:
You cannot go by what Atherton tells you. 27 go down. a sink,
go under, founder, submerge: The ship went down within minutes
of striking the mine. b decrease, decline, drop, sink, drop:
The Nikkei Index went down 200 points. c fall, be defeated or
beaten, suffer defeat, lose, collapse: Our forces went down
under an onslaught from the attacking armies. d be remembered
or memorialized, or recalled or commemorated or recorded: That
day of infamy will go down in history. e find favour or
acceptance or approval, be accepted: His ideas have not gone