a pleasant or successful event or period of time when most other things are unpleasant or not successful.

The only bright spot in Liverpool's disastrous performance was a stunning goal in the second half. (often + in)

• go places
• go postal
• go public
• go public with
• go public with something
• Gordian knot
• Gordon Bennett!
• purely and simply
• purple passages
• purple prose
• push around
• push at an open door
• push buttons
• push for
• push for something
• push luck
• push off
• push on
• push over the edge
• push someone around
• push someone over the edge
• push someone's buttons
• push the boat out
• push the edge of the envelope
• push the envelope