[go bail for]{v. phr.} To advance the necessary money as security inorder to release an accused person until trial. •/The arrested driver had notrouble finding someone to go bail for him./

[go begging]{v. phr.} To be not needed or wanted. •/Many old homesin the city go begging./ •/Most of the apples on the market wentbegging./

[go broke]{v. phr.}, {slang} To lose all one’s money; especiallyby taking a chance; owe more than you can pay. •/The inventor went brokebecause nobody would buy his machine./ •/Dan had a quarter but he wentbroke matching pennies with Fred./

[go-between]{n.} An intermediary. •/They expect Mr. Smith to act asa go-between in the dispute between management and labor./

[go bust]{v. phr.}, {slang} To become bankrupt. •/Our companylost a lot of money and went bust./ Compare: BELLY UP.

[go-by] See: GIVE THE GO-BY.

[go by]{v.} 1. To go or move past; pass. •/Bob had to go by the postoffice on his way to school, so he mailed the letter./ 2. To follow; copy;obey. •/Mother goes by a pattern when she makes a dress./ •/You will findMain Street without trouble if you go by Father’s directions./ •/If youride a bicycle, you must go by the rules of the road./ 3. To be known by; becalled. •/Many actors do not go by their real names./ •/Fred goes by thenickname of Chubby./ 4. To pass; be over; end. •/Time goes by quickly onvacation./ •/The horse and buggy days have gone by./ •/The flowers haveall gone by. What will I do for a bouquet?/ 5. To stop for a short visit; goto someone’s house for a short while. •/"Have you seen Bill lately?" "Yes, Iwent by his house last week."/ Compare: STOP BY.

[go by the board] also [pass by the board] {v. phr.} To go away ordisappear forever, be forgotten or not used. •/Tom had several chances to goto college, but he let them go by the board./ •/Grandfather said he was tooold to go to the beach. "Those days have passed by the board," he said./Compare: DOWN THE DRAIN.

[go by the name of]{v. phr.} To be called. •/Adolf Schicklegruberwent by the name of Adolf Hitler./

[go chase oneself]{v. phr.}, {slang} Go away and stop being anuisance. •/John’s father was busy and told him to go chase himself./•/The owner of the store told the boys in front to go chase themselves./Compare: BEAT IT, GO JUMP IN THE LAKE.

[God] See: IN THE LAP OP THE GODS also ON THE KNEES OP THE GODS, MY GOD orMY GOODNESS, WOULD THAT or WOULD GOD.

[God forbid]{interj.} May God prevent (something from happening); Ihope that will not happen or is not true. •/Someone told the worried motherthat her son might have drowned. She said, "God forbid!"/ •/God forbid thatthe dam break and flood the valley!/ Compare: PERISH THE THOUGHT.

[Godfrey] See: GREAT GODFREY.

[God knows] or [goodness knows] or [heaven knows] {informal} 1.Maybe God knows but I don’t know and no one else knows. — Often used with"only". •/Do you know where Susan is? God only knows!/ 2. Surely;certainly. •/Goodness knows, the poor man needs the money./ •/Heaven onlyknows, I have tried hard enough./

[Godmother] See: FAIRY GODMOTHER.

[go down]{v. phr.} 1. To deteriorate in quality. •/This hotel, whichused to be one of the best, has gone down during the past few years./ 2. Tobecome lower in price. •/It is said that the price of milk is expected to godown soon./ 3. To sink. •/The Titanic went down with a lot of peopleaboard./

[go down in history] or [go down in the records] {v. phr.} To beremembered or recorded for always. •/The lives of great men go down inhistory./ •/Babe Ruth went down in history as a home run hitter./ •/Theboy’s straight A’s for four years of college went down in the records./•/The President said that the day the war ended would go down in history./

[go down the drain]{v. phr.} To be lost or wasted forever. •/If hedoesn’t pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyerwill go down the drain./

[God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb]{literary} A person who isalready helpless will not have more trouble; you will not have more troublethan you can bear. •/After Mr. Smith lost his job, the Smith’s house caughtfire, but the fire was put out before much harm was done. Mr. Smith said, "Godtempers the wind to the shorn lamb."/ Contrast: IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS.

[go Dutch]{v. phr.}, {informal} To go out for fun together buthave each person pay for himself. •/High school students often go Dutch tobasketball games./ •/Sometimes boys and girls go Dutch on dates./ •/Thegirl knew her boyfriend had little money, so she offered to go Dutch./Compare: DUTCH TREAT.

[go easy] See: TAKE IT EASY(1).

[go fly a kite]{v. phr.}, {slang} To go away; leave. Usually usedas a command, to show that you do not accept someone’s ideas. •/Harry wastired of John’s advice and told him to go fly a kite./ •/After Mary stoodaround telling Sue what was wrong with her dress. Sue told her to go fly akite./ Compare: DROP DEAD, GO JUMP IN THE LAKE.

[go for]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To try to get; aim for; try for.•/Our team is going for the championship in the game tonight./ •/The dogwent for Bob’s leg./ 2. To favor; support; like. •/Little Susie really goesfor ice cream./ •/Bob goes for Jane in a big way./ 3. To attack; begin tofight or argue with. •/The Indian jumped out of the *hush and went forDaniel./ •/Molly went for James about being late as soon as he got home./

[go for a spin]{v. phr.} To go for a ride in a car. •/Billy hasinvited us to go for a spin in his new car./

[go for broke]{v. phr.}, {slang} To risk everything on one bigeffort; use all your energy and skill; try as hard as possible. •/The racingcar driver decided to go for broke in the biggest race of the year./ Compare:ALL-OUT.

[go for nothing] also {formal} [go for naught] {v. phr.} Tocount for nothing; be useless; be wasted. •/What the teacher said went fornothing because the pupils did not pay attention./ •/I hope that all yourgood work doesn’t go for naught./ Compare: IN VAIN.

[go from bad to worse]{adv. phr.} To change from a bad position orcondition to a worse one; become worse. •/Dick’s typing went from bad toworse when he was tired./ •/Jack’s conduct in school has gone from bad toworse./ Compare: OUT OF THE PRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.

[go from strength to strength]{v. phr.} To move forward, increasingone’s fame, power, or fortune in a series of successful achievements. •/Ourbasketball team has gone from strength to strength./

[go-getter]{n.} A person who works hard to become successful; anactive, ambitious person who usually gets what he wants. •/The governor ofthe state has always been a go-getter./ •/The best salesmen are thego-getters./

[go-go]{adj.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. Vigorous youthful,unusually active. •/Joe is a go-go kind of guy./ 2. Of a discotheque or themusic or dances performed there. 3a. Unrestrained. 3b. Very up-to-date, hip.•/Mary wore handsome go-go boots to the discotheque last night./