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GO

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Irregular inflected forms: goes    , gone    , went   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters

Synonyms:

go; go game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("go" is a kind of...):

board game (a game played on a specially designed board)

Domain region:

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A usually brief attempt

Example:

I gave it a whirl

Synonyms:

crack; fling; go; offer; pass; whirl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("go" is a kind of...):

attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Synonyms:

Adam; cristal; disco biscuit; ecstasy; go; hug drug; X; XTC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("go" is a kind of...):

MDMA; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

Example:

a spell of work

Synonyms:

go; spell; tour; turn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("go" is a kind of...):

duty period; shift; work shift (the time period during which you are at work)

Derivation:

go (have a turn; make one's move in a game)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Functioning correctly and ready for action

Example:

all systems are go

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

a-ok; a-okay (in perfect condition or order)

Antonym:

no-go (not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enter or assume a certain state or condition

Example:

Get going!

Synonyms:

become; get; go

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

sober; sober up (become sober after excessive alcohol consumption)

sober; sober up (become more realistic)

work (arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion)

take effect (go into effect or become effective or operative)

run (change from one state to another)

take (be seized or affected in a specified way)

break (come into being)

settle (become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Water and oil go into the bowl

Sense 2

Meaning:

Follow a certain course

Example:

how did your interview go?

Synonyms:

go; proceed

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

drag; drag on; drag out (proceed for an extended period of time)

come; do; fare; get along; make out (proceed or get along)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun

Sense 3

Meaning:

Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Example:

The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

Synonyms:

buy the farm; cash in one's chips; choke; conk; croak; decease; die; drop dead; exit; expire; give-up the ghost; go; kick the bucket; pass; pass away; perish; pop off; snuff it

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Verb group:

break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad (stop operating or functioning)

die (suffer or face the pain of death)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

abort (cease development, die, and be aborted)

asphyxiate; stifle; suffocate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen)

buy it; pip out (be killed or die)

drown (die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating)

predecease (die before; die earlier than)

famish; starve (die of food deprivation)

fall (die, as in battle or in a hunt)

succumb; yield (be fatally overwhelmed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

going (euphemistic expressions for death)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be abolished or discarded

Example:

These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 5

Meaning:

Stop operating or functioning

Example:

her eyesight went after the accident

Synonyms:

break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

break (render inoperable or ineffective)

buy the farm; cash in one's chips; choke; conk; croak; decease; die; drop dead; exit; expire; give-up the ghost; go; kick the bucket; pass; pass away; perish; pop off; snuff it (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

crash; go down (stop operating)

blow; blow out; burn out (melt, break, or become otherwise unusable)

misfire (fail to fire or detonate)

malfunction; misfunction (fail to function or function improperly)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

These cars won't go

Sense 6

Meaning:

Progress by being changed

Example:

run through your presentation before the meeting

Synonyms:

go; move; run

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number

Example:

I plumped for the losing candidates

Synonyms:

go; plump

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 8

Meaning:

Have a turn; make one's move in a game

Example:

Can I go now?

Synonyms:

go; move

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

"Go" entails doing...:

play (participate in games or sport)

Verb group:

make a motion; move (propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

bluff; bluff out (deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand)

stalemate (subject to a stalemate)

castle (move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king)

serve (put the ball into play)

open (make the opening move)

cast; draw (choose at random)

ruff; trump (play a trump)

maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; operate (perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense)

check (decline to initiate betting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue go

Derivation:

go (a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else))

Sense 9

Meaning:

To be spent or finished

Example:

Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest

Synonyms:

go; run low; run short

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

cease; end; finish; stop; terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)

Verb group:

go (be spent)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 10

Meaning:

Be spent

Example:

All my money went for food and rent

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Verb group:

go; run low; run short (to be spent or finished)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 11

Meaning:

Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

Example:

Who rifled through my desk drawers?

Synonyms:

go; rifle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

search (subject to a search)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 12

Meaning:

Perform as expected when applied

Example:

This old radio doesn't work anymore

Synonyms:

function; go; operate; run; work

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Verb group:

run (be operating, running or functioning)

work (operate in or through)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

double (do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions)

roll (begin operating or running)

run (be operating, running or functioning)

cut (function as a cutting instrument)

serve; service (be used by; as of a utility)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

These cars won't go

Sense 13

Meaning:

Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Example:

news travelled fast

Synonyms:

go; locomote; move; travel

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Verb group:

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

circulate; go around; spread (become widely known and passed on)

carry (cover a certain distance or advance beyond)

ease (move gently or carefully)

whish (move with a whishing sound)

float (move lightly, as if suspended)

swap (move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science)

seek (go to or towards)

whine (move with a whining sound)

fly (be dispersed or disseminated)

ride (move like a floating object)

come (cover a certain distance)

ghost (move like a ghost)

betake oneself (displace oneself; go from one location to another)

overfly; pass over (fly over)

travel (undergo transportation as in a vehicle)

wend (direct one's course or way)

do (travel or traverse (a distance))

raft (travel by raft in water)

get about; get around (move around; move from place to place)

repair; resort (move, travel, or proceed toward some place)

cruise (travel at a moderate speed)

journey; travel (travel upon or across)

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

round (wind around; move along a circular course)

trundle (move heavily)

push (move strenuously and with effort)

travel purposefully (travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal)

swing (change direction with a swinging motion; turn)

cast; drift; ramble; range; roam; roll; rove; stray; swan; tramp; vagabond; wander (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment)

take the air; walk (take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure)

meander; thread; wander; weave; wind (to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course)

forge; spirt; spurt (move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy)

crawl; creep (move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground)

scramble (to move hurriedly)

slide; slither (to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly)

roll; wheel (move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle)

glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)

bounce; jounce (move up and down repeatedly)

breeze (to proceed quickly and easily)

be adrift; blow; drift; float (be in motion due to some air or water current)

play (move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly)

float; swim (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)

swim (move as if gliding through water)

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

move around; turn (pass to the other side of)

circle (travel around something)

slice into; slice through (move through a body or an object with a slicing motion)

drift; err; stray (wander from a direct course or at random)

run (travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means)

step (shift or move by taking a step)

drive; motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle)

automobile (travel in an automobile)

ski (move along on skis)

fly; wing (travel through the air; be airborne)

steam; steamer (travel by means of steam power)

tram (travel by tram)

taxi (travel slowly)

ferry (travel by ferry)

caravan (travel in a caravan)

ride; sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions)

prance (spring forward on the hind legs)

swim (travel through water)

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

ascend; go up (travel up)

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

fall (descend in free fall under the influence of gravity)

crank; zigzag (travel along a zigzag path)

follow; travel along (travel along a certain course)

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retire; retreat; withdraw (pull back or move away or backward)

retrograde (move in a direction contrary to the usual one)

continue; go forward; proceed (move ahead; travel onward in time or space)

back (travel backward)

pan (make a sweeping movement)

follow (to travel behind, go after, come after)

lead; precede (move ahead (of others) in time or space)

follow; pursue (follow in or as if in pursuit)

return (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before)

derail; jump (run off or leave the rails)

flock (move as a crowd or in a group)

accompany (go or travel along with)

billow (move with great difficulty)

circulate (move around freely from person to person or from place to place)

circle (move in a circular path above (someone or something))

angle (move or proceed at an angle)

pass (go across or through)

go by; go past; pass; pass by; surpass; travel by (move past)

hurry; speed; travel rapidly; zip (move very fast)

speed (travel at an excessive or illegal velocity)

zoom (move with a low humming noise)

drive (move by being propelled by a force)

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)

shack; trail (move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly)

shuttle (travel back and forth between two points)

hiss; whoosh (move with a whooshing sound)

whisk (move quickly and nimbly)

career (move headlong at high speed)

circuit (make a circuit)

lance (move quickly, as if by cutting one's way)

go around; outflank (go around the flank of (an opposing army))

propagate (travel through the air)

draw (move or go steadily or gradually)

change; transfer (change from one vehicle or transportation line to another)

swash (make violent, noisy movements)

pace (go at a pace)

step; tread (put down or press the foot, place the foot)

step (move with one's feet in a specific manner)

hurtle (move with or as if with a rushing sound)

retreat (move away, as for privacy)

whistle (move with, or as with, a whistling sound)

island hop (travel from one island to the next)

plough; plow (move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil)

lurch (move slowly and unsteadily)

sift (move as if through a sieve)

fall (move in a specified direction)

drag (move slowly and as if with great effort)

run (move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way)

bang (move noisily)

precess (move in a gyrating fashion)

move around; travel (travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge)

ride (sit on and control a vehicle)

snowshoe (travel on snowshoes)

beetle (fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The children go to the playground

Also:

go up (move upward)

go up (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)

go under (go under)

go out (go out of fashion; become unfashionable)

go on (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

go on (continue talking)

go off (run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along)

go down (go under)

go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

go down (disappear beyond the horizon)

go by (pass by)

go by (move past)

go around (become widely known and passed on)

Sense 14

Meaning:

Move away from a place into another direction

Example:

The train departs at noon

Synonyms:

depart; go; go away

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

blow; shove along; shove off (leave; informal or rude)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

come (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Derivation:

goer (someone who leaves)

going (the act of departing)

Sense 15

Meaning:

Begin or set in motion

Example:

Ready, set, go!

Synonyms:

get going; go; start

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

come on; come up; go on (start running, functioning, or operating)

get off the ground; take off (get started or set in motion, used figuratively)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 16

Meaning:

Make a certain noise or sound

Example:

The gun went 'bang'

Synonyms:

go; sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

cause to be perceived (have perceptible qualities)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

snarl (make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise)

sing; whistle (make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound)

blow (make a sound as if blown)

ting (make a light, metallic sound; go 'ting')

make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)

splat (give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact)

twang (sound with a twang)

clang; clangor (make a loud noise)

clank (make a clank)

clangor; clangour (make a loud resonant noise)

boom; boom out (make a deep hollow sound)

beat; drum; thrum (make a rhythmic sound)

rattle (make short successive sounds)

beat; tick; ticktack; ticktock (make a sound like a clock or a timer)

resonate; vibrate (sound with resonance)

crash (make a sudden loud sound)

tweet; twirp (make a weak, chirping sound)

skirl (make a shrill, wailing sound)

gurgle (make sounds similar to gurgling water)

glug (make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle)

blow (sound by having air expelled through a tube)

whish (make a sibilant sound)

guggle (make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle)

ping (make a short high-pitched sound)

knock; ping; pink (sound like a car engine that is firing too early)

trump (produce a sound as if from a trumpet)

squelch (make a sucking sound)

chug (make a dull, explosive sound)

peal; ring (sound loudly and sonorously)

bombilate; bombinate; buzz (make a buzzing sound)

chime (emit a sound)

rustle (make a dry crackling sound)

crack; snap (make a sharp sound)

crack (make a very sharp explosive sound)

beep; blare; claxon; honk; toot (make a loud noise)

whistle (make whistling sounds)

echo; resound; reverberate; ring (ring or echo with sound)

thud; thump (make a dull sound)

clop; clump; clunk; plunk (make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground)

patter; pitter-patter (make light, rapid and repeated sounds)

knock; pink; rap; tap (make light, repeated taps on a surface)

click; tick (make a clicking or ticking sound)

chatter; click (click repeatedly or uncontrollably)

pop (make a sharp explosive noise)

chink; clink; tink; tinkle (make or emit a high sound)

slosh; slush; splash; splosh (make a splashing sound)

hum; thrum (sound with a monotonous hum)

bleep (emit a single short high-pitched signal)

grumble; rumble (make a low noise)

boom; din (make a resonant sound, like artillery)

bang (to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound)

babble; bubble; burble; guggle; gurgle; ripple (flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise)

lap; swish; swoosh; swosh (move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound)

drone (make a monotonous low dull sound)

birr; purr; whir; whirr; whiz; whizz (make a soft swishing sound)

roll (emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 17

Meaning:

Follow a procedure or take a course

Example:

Messages must go through diplomatic channels

Synonyms:

go; move; proceed

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

work (proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity)

embark; venture (proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers)

steamroll; steamroller (proceed with great force)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 18

Meaning:

Pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action

Example:

The day went well until I got your call

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Also:

go with (go or occur together)

Derivation:

going (advancing toward a goal)

Sense 19

Meaning:

Be or continue to be in a certain condition

Example:

The children went hungry that day

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 20

Meaning:

Continue to live and avoid dying

Example:

One crash victim died, the other lived

Synonyms:

endure; go; hold out; hold up; last; live; live on; survive

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

"Go" entails doing...:

be; live (have life, be alive)

Verb group:

be; live (have life, be alive)

exist; live; subsist; survive (support oneself)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

hold up; hold water; stand up (resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.)

perennate (survive from season to season, of plants)

live out (live out one's life; live to the end)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 21

Meaning:

Be awarded; be allotted

Example:

Her money went on clothes

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 22

Meaning:

Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired

Example:

This piece won't fit into the puzzle

Synonyms:

fit; go

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

fit (conform to some shape or size)

Verb group:

blend; blend in; go (blend or harmonize)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

tessellate (fit together exactly, of identical shapes)

joint (fit as if by joints)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 23

Meaning:

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

Example:

The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets

Synonyms:

extend; go; lead; pass; run

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Verb group:

range; run (change or be different within limits)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):

come (extend or reach)

radiate; ray (extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center)

go deep; go far (extend in importance or range)

underrun (run or pass below)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 24

Meaning:

Lead, extend, or afford access

Example:

The road runs South

Synonyms:

go; lead

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 25

Meaning:

Blend or harmonize

Example:

This sofa won't go with the chairs

Synonyms:

blend; blend in; go

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)

Verb group:

fit; go (be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 26

Meaning:

Be sounded, played, or expressed

Example:

How does this song go again?

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 27

Meaning:

Be contained in

Example:

How many times does 18 go into 54?

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 28

Meaning:

Have a particular form

Example:

as the saying goes...

Synonyms:

go; run

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 29

Meaning:

Be ranked or compare

Example:

This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

compare (be comparable)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 30

Meaning:

Be in the right place or situation

Example:

Where do these books go?

Synonyms:

belong; go

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The chairs go in the corner

Credits

 Context examples: 

“And now they’re payin’ their respects to each other and tryin’ to get clear,” the red-faced man went on, as the hurried whistling ceased.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A great wind rises, and the summer is gone in a moment.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But scarcely had the cheer of its light departed, than he went into camp.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

To-morrow or next day it might he gone.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He was only once crossed, and that was towards the end, when my poor father was far gone in a decline that took him off.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The young man and his companion often went apart and appeared to weep.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The pain might be steady, or it might come and go.

(Pelvic Pain, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

There is no other door, and nobody goes in or out of that one but, once in a great while, the gentleman of my adventure.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I tell you, sir, I couldn’t move a finger, nor get my breath, till it whisked away and was gone.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The number of passages a line of cultured cells has gone through is an indication of its age and expected stability.

(Passage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

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