We continue to talk about phrasal verbs. Our hero today is go, meaning “to go, to walk.” Since our lives are filled with movement, it goes without saying that the word go not only has a lot of meanings (to walk, stand, make a sound, etc.) in itself, but also forms an incredible number of phrasal verbs.
Now we will look at the 17 most common ones.
17 meanings of phrasal verbs with go in English
Before we begin, let me remind you that go- This irregular verb, that is, it forms the past form bypassing the rules. Thus "walked" or "walked" will be went.
1. Phrasal verb go after
Transcription and translation:[gəʊ ˈɑːftə] / go `afte] - chase, pursue, catch
Meaning of the word: To chase someone; try to get something
Use:
Maybe about things: Dog chased (went after) behind the sword that I threw. I decided to try get (go after) this job. Maybe about people: The police started it chase (went after him).
Examples:
The soldiers found the escaped enemy and troops went after them.
The soldiers found opponents who managed to escape and let's chase after them.
I went after my hamster as soon as it jumped out from his cage!
I chased after the hamster as soon as he jumped out of the cage!
2. Phrasal verb go against
Transcription and translation:[gəʊəˈgɛnst] / [gou eg'enst] - contradict, go against something
Meaning words: Not to agree with a certain rule, principle, etc., or with someone’s desires, expectations
Use: Don't forget to clarify what is contradicted. For example: She went against (went against) the will of the family when she married him. This is an offer contradicts (goes against) rules of grammar.
Examples:
3. Phrasal verb go back
Transcription and translation:[gəʊ bæk] / [go back] - return
Meaning of the word: Return somewhere
Use:
Before where we return, we need to put to. The exception is home. For example: He decided return (go back) V ( to) New York in summer. I'll come home ( go back home) in the evening.
Examples:
He went back home by taxi.
I back home by taxi.
Having found nothing I went back.
Having found nothing, I back.
4. Phrasal verb go back
Transcription and translation:[gəʊ bæk] / [go back] - to know someone for some time
Meaning of the word: Know someone for a long period of time
Use:
This word is most often used in the present tense. After it we say either to +life stage, where we met a person (we go back to school- we know each other from school, they go back to college- They know each other with college), or the amount of time (we go back 20 years- We we know friend friend 20 years). For example me I know Steve 7 years(we go back 7 years). We we know Friend friend(we go back to) from kindergarten (kindergarten)!
Examples:
I know John, we go back almost 25 years he couldn't have committed murder!
I know John, we familiar almost 25 years old, he would not have been able to commit murder!
Actually, Sally and I go back 15 years but we only started dating last year.
Actually, Sally and I we know Friend friend 15 years old, but we only started dating last year.
5. Phrasal verb go beyond
Transcription and translation:/ [go bi'end] - surpass, go over, transgress, enter
Meaning of the word: Be better, worse, more serious, etc. than anything else
Use:
Don't forget to specify what is being exceeded. For example: Your behavior goes over (goes beyond) all limits! His successes surpassed (went beyond) our expectations.
Examples:
His ambitious go far beyond the initial plan: Tom dreams to become the richest person in the world.
His ambitions are far away superior original plan: Tom wants to become the richest man in the world.
Our play goes beyond simple entertainment: it's a philosophical statement!
Our play is more, how just for fun: it's a philosophical statement!
6. Phrasal verb go down
Transcription and translation:[gəʊ daʊn] / [go d'aun] - fall, go down, go down
Meaning of the word:Fall to the ground, go down, get lower
Use:
For example: Prices for such tours go down (go down) closer to winter. Summer sun goes down (goes down) later than in winter.
Examples:
The crime rate went down after Mr. Dales took over the police department.
Crime rates have dropped since Mr. Dales took charge of the police department.
If the temperature goes down, we"ll need to turn on the generator.
If the temperature drops, we will need to turn on the generator.
7. Phrasal verb go for
Transcription and translation:/ [go fo] - touch, relate
Meaning of the word: Means something you are talking about also applies to something else
Use: For example: You need to check if all the doors are locked - the same concerns (goes for) windows. What I'm talking about concerns (go for) everyone.
Examples:
Actually, what I said about Tom, goes for you as well.
Actually, what I said about Tom applies to you too.
You need to submit your works at least an hour before the deadline - that goes for all types of assignment!
You need to submit your work at least an hour before the deadline - this applies to all types of assignments!
8. Phrasal verb go in
Transcription and translation:/ [go in] - enter the room
Meaning of the word: Enter a room, house, etc.
Use:
Here we do not specify where exactly we are going - it’s just “inside”, “under the roof”! For example: It's getting dark, come on let's go to (go in) already. It was raining so we went under roof (went in).
Examples:
You need to show your passport before going in.
You need to show your passport before to come in.
It"s freezing cold outside! Why don"t you go in?
It's such a dud outside! Why do not you come in?
9. Phrasal verb go off
Transcription and translation:[gəʊɒf] / [go of] - leave, go
Meaning of the word: To leave a place, especially to perform some action
Use:
Here you can use to to clarify where the person went, or (again, using to) what the person went to do. For example: He went (went off) to work (to work) at ten in the morning. We went (went off) have lunch (to have dinner) in the cafe.
Examples:
10. Phrasal verb go on
Transcription and translation:[gəʊɒn] / [go he] - continue to do something
Meaning of the word: Continue with any action
Use:
When we clarify an action, we use a verb in the ing form. For example: He continued run ( went on runn ing), even when I felt tired. I can't continue live ( go on liv ing) Here.
Examples:
She went on talking about her problems until I managed to change the subject.
She continued talking about her problems until I was able to change the subject.
I need to go on making my presentation.
I need continue make a presentation.
11. Phrasal verb go on #2
Transcription and translation:[gəʊɒn] / [go he] - happen
Meaning of the word: Happen (about events)
Use:
This word is usually used in continuous tenses. For example: I don't understand what is happening(is going on) Here. It's a quiet town where there's nothing special is happening(nothing is going on).
Examples:
She told us what had been going on until we interfered.
She told us that happened until we intervened.
While all of this was going on Bruce continued to sleep soundly.
So far it's all happened, Bruce continued to sleep soundly.
12. Phrasal verb go on #3
Transcription and translation:[gəʊɒn] / [go he] - come on!; Come on!
Meaning of the word: Used when we encourage someone to do something.
Use:
For example: Let's go skydiving! Well come on (go on), what you? Let's (go on), tell him!
Examples:
Go on, let's have another drink!
Come on, let's have another drink!
Go on, I know you can do it!
Let's-Let's, I know you can do it!
13. Phrasal verb go out (with)
Transcription and translation:[gəʊ aʊt wɪð] / [go `out with] - meet someone, go on dates
Meaning of the word: Spending time with someone you are romantically involved with
Use:
For example: They meet(have been going out) for a year now. I am not going to meet With ( go out with) Sam!
Examples:
So, how long has she been going out with Tim?
And for a long time she meets with Tim?
You don"t have to ask for my permission if you want to go out with my sister!
You don't have to ask my permission if you want meet with my sister!
14. Phrasal verb go over
Transcription and translation:[gəʊ ˈəʊvə] / [go `ouve] - re-read something, repeat, go through the material again
Meaning of the word: Learn something through repetition
Use:
For example: Come on more let's walk once (go over) for exam questions. I reread (went over) all the instructions, but didn’t find anything similar.
Examples:
I need to go over my speech for tomorrow.
I need repeat your speech for tomorrow.
In my mind I still go over what has happened and still can't really comprehend it.
In my mind I'm still scrolling what happened, and I still can’t really comprehend it.
15. Phrasal verb go through
Transcription and translation:[gəʊθruː] / [go thru] - sort through, rummage through
Meaning of the word: Carefully study a certain group of objects to find something specific in it
Use:
For example: Search doesn't work, we'll have to sort through (go through) all cards by hand. Customs officer too many (went through) the contents of my bags, but found nothing.
Examples:
16. Phrasal verb go through #2
Transcription and translation:[gəʊθruː] / [go thru] - go through something
Meaning of the word: Experience some difficult event
Use:
Don't forget to specify what is being tested! For example: Currently my sister passes through(is going through) difficult divorce. I went through (went through) a lot to achieve your goal.
Examples:
I was going through a deep crisis the whole year, but now I'm glad to say that things are improving.
I passed through a severe crisis last year, but now I'm happy to say that everything is getting better.
You don't know what he's going through right now!
You do not know, through what is he now passes!
17. Phrasal verb go up
Transcription and translation:/ [go up] - rise, grow
Meaning of the word: Rise, become higher in level, quantity, etc.
Use:
For example: Oil prices grow (go up)! Daytime temperature rises (goes up) up to +30°.
Examples:
If the sea level goes up, this territory will be flooded.
If sea level will rise, this area will be flooded.
Coffee causes blood pressure to go up.
Coffee raises blood pressure grow.
Reinforcement task
Fill in the correct word in the blank. Leave your answers in the comments below the article.
1. You cannot give hints: these are ___ rules of the game.
2. New record ___ the most daring forecasts!
3. I ___ a lot of archival photos before I found this!
4. On the third day the temperature __ and I felt that I was getting better.
5. Play something for us! Well ___!
6. Can I ___ without a pass?
7. My Rex ___ after the robber like a real police dog!
8. The weather was good and we ___ for a walk around the city.
9. You should exclude sugar and ___ fried foods from your diet.
10. Have you discussed? Can I ___ read out the list?
11. The police are trying to establish what ___ just before the fire.
12. If inflation ___ even worse, we will have to sell everything and move to Poland!
13. It seems I forgot my documents... I'll have to ___ home.
14. Before the exam, I ___ all the lectures.
15. Diana is afraid that George won’t want ___ with her.
16. Eric ___ the boss since school - no wonder he was promoted so quickly!
17. Your brother ___ is going through a difficult period, he needs your support.
Mum,we'regoingoutwiththeguystonight – Mom, the guys and I are going out in the evening
2) be published; broadcast; send, spread
Less and less books go out yearly – Every year fewer and fewer books are published
3) burn out, go out
synonyms blowout,putout
The candle went out when the wind blew – The candle went outatbreathwind
4) go away, spend money (about money)
Let'scontrolwhereourfamilybudgetgoesout – Let's control our family expenses
5) go out of fashion
Such jackets never go out – Such jacketsNotwill become obsolete
6) end (about time)
I’m afraid your time has gone out – I’m afraid yourstimeit turned out
7) resign; fly out of (competition)
Can’t wait to see the President go out - I can’t wait for the President to leave office
8) go on strike
synonyms bring out, call out, come out, fetch out, get out, stay out, stop out, walk out
When transport workers go out, it’s an economic disaster – Carrier strikes- scourgeeconomy
-[verb] go out, go out, go out, go out, go out, go out, go out
(leave, come out, leave on street, go outside)
go, leave
(go)
go out, go out, go out, go out
(go off, extinguish, fade)
meet
(meet)
take a walk
(walk)
die
(die)
Transcription: |ɡəʊ ˈaʊt|
Collocations
to go out of business — go out of business
to go out on a date — go on a date
to get / go out of one's depth — lose the ground under your feet
to go out of existence — disappear, cease to exist
to go out of use — to go out of use
to go out of gear, go out of order — to go out of order, to go out of order
to go out of one's mind, go out of one's senses — lose your mind, go crazy
to go out of spin — to go out of a tailspin
go out of business — liquidate the enterprise
to go out fishing — to go fishing
Examples
It is an absolute certainty that the Government will go out.
It is absolutely certain that the government will resign.
It has quite gone out of my head.
It completely slipped my mind.
I thought these bell-bottomed trousers went out years ago!
I thought those bell bottoms went out of style years ago!
The robber hit him on the head with an iron bar, and he went out .
The robber hit him on the head with an iron rod, and he passed out.
The estates went out of the family.
The estate left the family.
The Post Office workers went out before Christmas, now the electricians are out.
Before Christmas, postal workers went on strike, and now electricians are on strike.
We do not intend to go out at all in Florence - I mean into society.
We're not going anywhere in Florence - I mean going out socially.
There's more money going out than coming in, and I'm worried about the business.
Our expenses exceed our income, I worry about the fate of our business.
The verb to go is one of the irregular verbs; its past tense forms and participles are formed non-standardly: go – went – gone.
The main meaning of the word is “to go”, “to go”, “to move”, and with a tendency to move away from the source of speech or the place of action, in contrast to the verb to come, which implies approach.
- Let's go for a walk! - Let's take a walk, that is, let's leave the house.
- That morning she went to school totally unprepared. “She went to school that morning completely unprepared.
You can walk and move either on foot or using a vehicle. The preposition by is usually used to denote transport.
- — Did you go to the mountains by car? — Did you go to the mountains in a (passenger) car?
- — No, by jeep! A car would get stuck there! - No, in a jeep. The car would have been stuck there.
- We will not be able to go to Crimea by train until the bridge across Kerch Strait is not built yet. “We won’t be able to go to Crimea by train until the bridge across the Kerch Strait is built.
In addition to the direct meaning of “to go, go, travel,” the verb to go can also be used in figurative meanings. Translation, as a rule, does not cause any difficulties.
- The summer has gone. — Summer has passed (and you won’t get it back again).
- He went pale. - He turned pale.
In this case, there is again a negative connotation of the event - the subject’s condition has worsened, something went wrong.
However, the greatest difficulties for a student of English, and sometimes for a translator, are caused by the persistent phrasal use of the verb to go with auxiliary parts of speech, most often with prepositions. In inflected languages, which include Russian, the role of English prepositions is usually played by prefixes or a combination of a verb with a certain case of the dependent word. Usually common sense helps to understand the meaning of a statement, as in the example with the construction to go by:
- We went to Moscow by plane - We went to Moscow by plane (fundamental case).
However, sometimes the use of phrasal verbs from the point of view of a native Russian speaker is difficult to explain. What does a design cost, for example? to go in for something - “to do something, to get carried away with something.” You just need to memorize such phrases; there are special exercises for this.
- You would go in for sports than sit all day at a computer. — You would rather go in for sports than sit at the computer all day.
- My husband is going in for knitting, while I’m learning to drive a car. — My husband is interested in knitting, and I am learning to drive a car.
- My classmates and I try to go in for all school competitions. — My classmates and I try to participate in all school competitions.
- My children like football, while I wanted them to go in for chess.
