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Go for   /goʊ fɔr/   Listen
Go for

verb
1.
Be pertinent or relevant or applicable.  Synonyms: apply, hold.  "This theory holds for all irrational numbers" , "The same rules go for everyone"
2.
Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.  Synonyms: accept, consent.  "I go for this resolution"
3.
Intend with some possibility of fulfilment.  Synonym: hope.
4.
Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for.  Synonyms: fancy, take to.
5.
Make an attempt at achieving something.  Synonym: try for.



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"Go for" Quotes from Famous Books



... read every day in the papers! When such a scamp as Lantier found a woman happy and comfortable, he was always wretched until he had made her so too. Virginie said she would go for the onions. "Women," she observed sententiously, "should protect each other, as well as serve each other, in such matters." When she returned she reported that Lantier was no longer there. The conversation around the stove that evening never once drifted ...
— L'Assommoir • Emile Zola

... fluttering across the hall, as cool as a rose, in her pink and white. And she had packed his things, in case they wanted to spend the night at Sea Light, and the "cats" had gone off for library books, and he must have some ginger-ale, before it was time to go for Betty and Penny. ...
— The Sturdy Oak - A Composite Novel of American Politics by Fourteen American Authors • Samuel Merwin, et al.

... Dr. Rile again, ma'am; or better still, MacTurk. He's less of a humbug. Thomas must saddle the pony and go for him." ...
— Shirley • Charlotte Bronte

... morning. Half the staff have gone. Good opportunity for a chap to go for a stroll if he wanted to. Shall ...
— The Pothunters • P. G. Wodehouse

... in a burst of temper, and instantly the white wings parted and spread and the Hippogriff rose in the air. Polly let the ear go for the ...
— The Magic City • Edith Nesbit


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