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Go ahead
He went ahead and found a path through the forest
lead the way
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Go around
Is there enough coffee to go around, or shall I make some more?
be enough
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Go away
Go away and leave me alone
leave
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Go away
Are you going away this year?
take a vacation
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Go back
Go back! It's dangerous to keep on. I'm never going back to that place again. It was awful.
Return, retreat
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Go back on
Don't trust him. He always goes back on his word.
Fail to keep (a promise, your word)
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Go by
Many years have gone by since I first saw the Statue of Liberty
Pass
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Go down
The sea was so rough that the ship went down almost immediately
sink
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Go down
In the summer you can sometimes see the moon come up as the sun goes down
set
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Go down
She was very ill and her weight went down dramatically
Reduce, Lessen
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Go down with
There was an epidemic of measles in the children's ward and most of them went down with it.
Be ill
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Go in for
He's very bright, and goes in for all the competitions
enter for
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Go in for
Mrs. Brown goes in for cooking special slimming food.
be interested in
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Go into
Somebody stole the money. If nobody owns up, the theft will have to be gone into.
investigate
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Go off
The bomb went off in the nurses' home.
explode
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Go off
The party went off very well. Everyone enjoyed themselves.
be a success
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Go off
That meat smells terrible, it must have gone off
become bad
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Go on
I'll go on and see if I can get tickets for the concert.
go ahead
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Go on
He finished his speech and then went on to answer some questions.
continue
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Go on
What's going on here?
happen
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Go on with
You must go on with the sunray treatment; it's doing you good
continue
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Go out
What time are you going out tonight?
leave the house
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Go out
The tide goes out at ten o'clock today and won't come in again until four o'clock
retreat, ebb
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Go out
Nobody wears miniskirts now that they've gone out of fashion
become old fashioned
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Go out
The candle went out in the draft from the door.
be extinguished
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Go over
He went over the lesson again to make sure of his facts
re-examine, repeat
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Go through
You can't imagine what I had to go through when I had my second operation.
endure
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Go through
We'll go through the questions again and you can see where you went wrong.
examine
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Go up
Prices are going up rapidly this year
rise, increase
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Go up
The whole building went up in flames.
explode, burst
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Go up
There was a property boom and new buildings went up overnight.
be built
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