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/ɑn ðə goʊ/ Listen

noun

Go n.

Act; working; operation. (Obs.) "So gracious were the goes of marriage."

A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. (Slang) "This is a pretty go."

The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. (Colloq.)

Noisy merriment; as, a high go. (Colloq.)

A glass of spirits. (Slang)

Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him. (Colloq.)

(Cribbage) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement. ""Well," said Fleming, "is it a go?""

Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. (Slang, Eng. Univ.)

No go, a failure; a fiasco. (Slang)

On the go, moving about; unsettled. (Colloq.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"On the go" Quotes from Famous Books

... the best hearted creatures for miles around. He is often imposed upon when anything in the shape of tea meetings or bazaars are on the go." ...

— Marguerite Verne • Agatha Armour

... what we were fighting for . . . (Or have we? I don't know). But anyway I have my wish: I'm back upon the old Boul' Mich', And how my heart's aglow! Though in my coat's an empty sleeve, Ah! do not think I ever grieve (The pension for it, I believe, Will keep me on the go). ...

— Ballads of a Bohemian • Robert W. Service

... pictures taken of people. They are ever so much quainter than stupid still-life pictures. Posterity ought to see you with your poor wounded soldiers, but meanwhile we really should have a chance to perpetuate you as you are. You are always on the go, and an ordinary ...

— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes

... are Indians in every bush?" he said, as his eyes roamed over the prairie in search of some place of shelter. "They seem to be watching for me from every tree in the country. Well, my good horse, we shall have to keep on the go till dark comes, when we'll get some chance to ...

— Through Apache Lands • R. H. Jayne

... Seiler," said the forester, "it is perfectly natural; I would love dearly myself to sleep in the mornings, but I must always be on the go. What I want is a son-in-law, a strong youth to replace me; I would voluntarily give him my gun and ...

— International Short Stories: French • Various