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Phrasal verb GO

go on about: Speak too much about something, often a problem.
Hilda does go on about her hip operation, doesn't she?

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go for: Apply equally.
What he said about not working on Sundays goes for me too!


go for: To be attracted to something, somebody.
She really goes for thin men, especially bald ones.
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go over: Check, examine a piece of work.
Let's go over that report again before we submit it.


go over: Change political loyalty.
He went over to the liberals after the taxation row.

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go through: Go through all supplies of something.
Last winter, we went through 100 kilos of wood for the fire.


go through: Discuss or examine something.
Let's go through your account of what happened, shall we?


go through: Suffer stress, difficult period, etc.
She went through a lot after her mother died suddenly.


go through: Qualify for next part of a tournament, competition.
The team surprised everyone by going through to the semi finals.

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go off: Food which goes bad, unsuitable for consumption.
Milk goes off in a few hours on a hot day if left out of the fridge.


go off:  Lose interest in someone, something.
I've gone off milk ever since I saw that documentary on cows.


go off: To sound (a machine), explode (a bomb).
My alarm clock didn't go off this morning and I overslept.

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go down with: Become ill with.

Listen to that cough of yours. You are coming down with flu I think.

Pieter Groen

    Year 3

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