Super Glossary

Go Verb Synonyms
function, operate, work, run, perform
I cannot get the engine to go properly.

chance, turn, opportunity, try, attempt, whack, crack, whirl, shot, stab
I don't expect much, but I'll have a go anyway.

lead, open to, give access to, communicate to or with, connect with or to
Where does this door go.

move (ahead or forward or onwards), proceed, advance, pass, make headway, travel, voyage, set off, tour, trek, wend, stir, budge
Would you go to the market for me? .

sound, pronounce, enunciate, articulate, say, utter
And this little pig goes 'Wee, wee, wee', all the way home.

go to the toilet or the lavatory or the bathroom, move (one's) bowels, urinate, defecate, pee, take a leak or a crap, go to the loo, go to the john, (take a) piss
We stopped at a motorway filling station because Jane had to go.

fail, fade, decline, flag, weaken, degenerate, wear out, give (out), give way, collapse, fall or come or go to pieces, disintegrate, crack
I'm afraid the tyres are going. When that last support goes, the roof will come down.

become
He went mad when he learnt about the accident.

die, expire, be gone, meet one's Maker, pass on or away, shuffle off this mortal coil, go to one's reward, go to the happy hunting-grounds, go to that great cricket-pitch in the sky, kick the bucket, snuff it
By the time the doctor arrived, Graham had gone.

fit, extend, reach, span, stretch
My belt would never go round your waist.

survive, last (out), endure, live, continue
How long can we go without water.

disappear (without a trace), vanish (into thin air), evaporate
Where has all the money gone.

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