Phrase Hound found 406 phrases and 41 compound words that contain goes. The most common are listed below. Open goes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 406
- anything goesThere are no rules or restrictions.
- goes throughthird-person singular simple present indicative of go through: To travel from one end of something to the other.
- goes beyondthird-person singular simple present indicative of go beyond: To be more than (something); to be better than (something); to surpass (something).
- goes offthird-person singular simple present indicative of go off: To explode.
- goes to showthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to show: To be an effective example that demonstrates a point; to prove.
- goes to workthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to work: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, work. (This sense is a translation hub.)
- goes outthird-person singular simple present indicative of go out: To leave, especially a building.
- goes backthird-person singular simple present indicative of go back: To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- goes to sleepthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to sleep: To fall asleep.
- goes downthird-person singular simple present indicative of go down: To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- goes to planthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to plan: To go according to plan.
- goes upthird-person singular simple present indicative of go up: To move upwards.
- goes to bedthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to bed: To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.
- the story goesThe story is usually depicted as follows.
- goes wrongthird-person singular simple present indicative of go wrong: To worsen; to fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.
- goes to warthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to war: To enter into an armed conflict.
- goes to pressthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to press: To go to be printed, after editing is completed.
- goes on firethird-person singular simple present indicative of go on fire: To catch fire.
- goes awaythird-person singular simple present indicative of go away: A command demanding someone to leave.
- Everything Goes
- goes to waterthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to water: To give up under threat or pressure.
- goes to the countrythird-person singular simple present indicative of go to the country: To appeal to the feeling of the community by calling a general election
- goes to the wallthird-person singular simple present indicative of go to the wall: To make an all-out effort.
- goes aheadthird-person singular simple present indicative of go ahead: Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed.
- goes withoutthird-person singular simple present indicative of go without: To forgo (something).
Compound words 41
- undergoesthird-person singular simple present indicative of undergo: To experience; to pass through a phase.
- cargoesplural of cargo: Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
- mangoesplural of mango: Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
- dingoesplural of dingo: A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
- forgoesthird-person singular simple present indicative of forgo: To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
- foregoesthird-person singular simple present indicative of forego: To precede, to go before.
- arangoesplural of arango: A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.
- bongoesplural of bongo: A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
- bungoesplural of bungo: A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period, circa 900–1200 C.E., and commonly used until circa 1900.
- canongoesplural of canongo: In upper India, and formerly in Bengal, the registrar of a tahsil, or other revenue subdivision, who receives the reports of the patwaris, or village registrars.