go

be all go be very busy or active. informal

go-as-you-please untrammelled or free.

2005Article Alley: Travel & Leisure So you're off on holiday, an adventure of a lifetime, you love to drive and explore. You're an independent go as you please type. So what's there to worry about?

go for it strive to the utmost to gain or achieve something (often said as an exhortation). informal

2005Dance Magazine Remember: ultimate success depends on being able to identify what is-and isn't-working in your life. Then go for it!

go (to) it act in a vigorous, energetic, or dissipated way. British informal

2013Derek LoweCorante-In the Pipeline The purpose of this sort of paper matches a drug discovery person's worldview exactly: here's a reasonable way into a large number of good-looking compounds that no one's ever screened, so go to it.

go off on one become very angry or excited. British informal

2018Observer Magazine The lightly spiced pumpkin purée and the thyme dressing feel like the gorgeous velvet box in which a diamond ring is presented. And now I've gone off on one, which is what happens when the food is this good.

go there refer to that particular (potentially embarrassing) subject. Usually used in the negative.

2004Adam RobertsThe Amateur Gourmet I, too, had a bad experience at Agnes and Muriel's (food poisoning from the pot roast, but let's not go there).

go well used to express good wishes to someone leaving. South African

have a go

1 make an attempt; act resourcefully.

2 take independent or single-handed action against a criminal or criminals.

have a go at attack or criticize someone. chiefly British

make a go of be successful in something. informal

☞ An Australian and New Zealand variant of this expression is make a do of it, which dates from the early 20th century.

1987Evelyn E. SmithMiss Melville Returns He'd been unable to make a go of life in the city, and so he'd returned to the small New England village he came from.

no go not possible or practicable. informal

on the go very active or busy. informal

to go (of food or drink from a restaurant or cafe) to be eaten or drunk off the premises. North American

☞For other idioms containing go, see the entry for the main word in the idiom (for example, go commando at commando).