9 VERB If you say that a period of time goes quickly or slowly, you mean that it seems to pass quickly or slowly. □ [V adv] The weeks go so quickly!
10 VERB If you say where money goes , you are saying what it is spent on. □ [V prep/adv] Most of my money goes on bills. □ [V prep/adv] The money goes to projects chosen by the wider community.
11 VERB If you say that something goes to someone, you mean that it is given to them. □ [V + to ] A lot of credit must go to the chairman and his father. □ [V + to ] All the most important ministerial jobs went to men.
12 VERB If someone goes on television or radio, they take part in a television or radio programme. □ [V + on ] The president has gone on television to defend stringent new security measures. □ [V + on ] We went on the air, live, at 7.30.
13 VERB If something goes , someone gets rid of it. □ [V ] There are fears that 100,000 jobs will go. □ [V ] If people stand firm against the tax, it is only a matter of time before it has to go.
14 VERB If someone goes , they leave their job, usually because they are forced to. □ [V ] He had made a humiliating tactical error and he had to go.
15 VERB If something goes into something else, it is put in it as one of the parts or elements that form it. □ [V + into/in ] …the really interesting ingredients that go into the dishes that we all love to eat.
16 VERB If something goes in a particular place, it fits in that place or should be put there because it is the right size or shape. □ [V ] He was trying to push it through the hole and it wouldn't go. □ [V prep/adv] …This knob goes here.
17 VERB If something goes in a particular place, it belongs there or should be put there, because that is where you normally keep it. □ [V prep/adv] The shoes go on the shoe shelf. □ [V prep/adv] 'Where does everything go?'
18 VERB If you say that one number goes into another number a particular number of times, you are dividing the second number by the first. □ [V + into ] Six goes into thirty five times. [Also V num]
19 VERB If one of a person's senses, such as their sight or hearing, is going , it is getting weak and they may soon lose it completely. [INFORMAL ] □ [V ] His eyes are going; he says he has glaucoma. □ [V ] Lately he'd been making mistakes; his nerve was beginning to go.
20 VERB If something such as a light bulb or a part of an engine is going , it is no longer working properly and will soon need to be replaced. □ [V ] I thought it looked as though the battery was going.
➋ go ◆◆◆ /goʊ / (goes , going , went , gone )
1 V‑LINK You can use go to say that a person or thing changes to another state or condition. For example, if someone goes crazy , they become crazy, and if something goes green , it changes colour and becomes green. □ [V adj] I'm going bald. □ [V adj] You'd better serve it to them before it goes cold. □ [V prep] 50,000 companies have gone out of business.
2 V‑LINK You can use go when indicating whether or not someone wears or has something. For example, if someone goes barefoot , they do not wear any shoes. □ [V adj] The baby went naked on the beach. □ [V adj] But if you arm the police won't more criminals go armed?
3 V‑LINK You can use go before adjectives beginning with 'un-' to say that something does not happen. For example, if something goes unheard , nobody hears it. □ [V -ed] As President, he affirmed that no tyranny went unnoticed.
➌ go ◆◆◆ /goʊ / (goes , going , went , gone )
1 VERB You use go to talk about the way something happens. For example, if an event or situation goes well , it is successful. □ [V adv] She says everything is going smoothly. □ [V adv] How did it go at the hairdresser's?
2 VERB If a machine or device is going , it is working. □ [V ] What about my copier? Can you get it going again? □ [V ] I said, 'My car won't go in fog'.
3 VERB If a bell goes , it makes a noise, usually as a signal for you to do something. □ [V ] The bell went for the break.
4 VERB If something goes with something else, or if two things go together , they look or taste nice together. □ [V + with ] I was searching for a pair of grey gloves to go with my new gown. □ I can see that some colours go together and some don't. □ [V ] Wear something else. This won't go. [Also V ]
5 VERB You use go to introduce something you are quoting. For example, you say the story goes or the argument goes just before you quote all or part of it. □ [V that] The story goes that she went home with him that night. □ [V prep] The story goes like this. □ [V with quote] As the saying goes, 'There's no smoke without fire.'
6 VERB You use go when indicating that something makes or produces a sound. For example, if you say that something goes 'bang ', you mean it produces the sound 'bang'. □ [V with sound] She stopped in front of a painting of a dog and she started going 'woof woof'. □ [V with sound] The button on his jeans went POP.
7 VERB You can use go instead of 'say' when you are quoting what someone has said or what you think they will say. [INFORMAL ] □ [V with quote] They say 'Tom, shut up' and I go 'No, you shut up'. □ [V + to ] He goes to me: 'Oh, what do you want?'