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Definition: Go For |
Go ForVerb1. Be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!" "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone". 2. Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to: "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution". 3. Intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening". 4. Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window". 5. Make an attempt at achieving something; "She tried for the Olympics". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Go ForSynonyms: accept (v), apply (v), consent (v), fancy (v), hold (v), hope (v), take to (v), try for (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: refuse (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Unimportance | Verb: be unimportant; Adjective:; not matter; go for nothing, matter nothing, signify nothing, matter little, matter little or nothing; not matter a straw; n. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Go For |
| English words defined with "go for": accept, apply ♦ bastion ♦ citadel, consent ♦ hold, holiday resort ♦ interview ♦ playground ♦ resort ♦ take the air, To go in for ♦ vacation spot ♦ walk. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "go for": Chence em ♦ detoxification unit. (references) |
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Screenplays | If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a single one of us is going to get her. So then we go for her friends, but they will all give us the cold shoulder because no on likes to be second choice (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Why would the courtesan go for the penniless writer (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) Yeah, go for it Mr. Congressman (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi) As long as you're asking, why not go for a cool million (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield) I would go for the 7. (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) | |
Lyrics | Do you wanna go for a ride (Barbie Girl; performing artist: Aqua) That's why I go for that rock'n'roll music (Rock'n'Roll Music; performing artist: Chuck Berry) Let's go for a ride Earl hey (Goodbye Earl; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) In a party I go for your neck so call me Blackula (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) You betta go for self (You Gets No Love; performing artist: Faith Evans) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Go for a Take (1972) We're Go for Launch to Zero-g (1994) Go for the Gold (1984) | |
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 | My father has a drinking problem, where can I go for help? : Drug Information Access Line. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Have you made up your mind where you will go for the summer? : Better than that, I have made up my husband's mind. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Powell How about Secretary of State? Would you go for that? / / Oliphant. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | I go for sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. |
Catharine Esther Beecher | The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves. |
La Times Syndicate | People who wrestle with their consciences usually go for two falls out of three. |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | Perhaps it was that he smiled slightly too broadly and gave people the unnerving impression that he was about to go for their neck |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | I had arranged to go for a spin on the bike with some fellows out by Malahide |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | I go for a La Salle |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If you know what to expect when you go for your treatments, you may not feel as anxious. (references) | |
Get some exercise every day. Go for a walk or you may want to try a more structured exercise program. (references) | ||
Business | There is also a possibility that PIA may go for the replacement of its entire fleet. (references) | |
Should PIA decided to go for the purchase, the total package would amount to US$ 850 million to US$1.2 billion. (references) | ||
After several years of deliberation, PIA in principle has decided to go for a brand new fleet of wide-bodied aircraft, and is seriously considering Boeing 747-400, Boeing 777 and Airbus A-340-300 as possible replacement options. (references) | ||
Economic History | Norway | Consumers have either several cards, or they go for special offers in the stores. (references) |
Human Rights | Madagascar | Prisoners without relatives nearby sometimes go for days without food. (references) |
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Al Hunt | Bob, alas, you did not go for our bait to get into a new fight with David Obey, but I think the tension between Mitch Daniels and the appropriators on Capitol Hill is inherent, it's going to continue, and it's because of those big tax cuts. |
Conan O'Brien | Murdoch would go for it because he's a betting man. That guy's crazy, Murdoch, so he'll go for it. And NBC, they'll do as I tell them. They'll do as I tell them. |
Joan Lunden | Well, I'm just meeting him now. I mean, those are the things. I mean, we've been through the whole process. You meet them when you go for doctor's appointments. We just met the ultrasound person the other day. |
Nancy Grace | Well it depends. I would not go for some prurient interest, to observe a human in their last moments. In suffering in what I consider a private moment between them and their maker. |
Pamela Anderson | I asked my mom before I did anything. I said mom, I'm just going to pose for cover, and she was like, go for it. That would be great to look back on and see that you did that. |
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Expressions using "go for": go for a blow ♦ go for a breath of fresh air ♦ go for a burton ♦ go for a canter ♦ go for a constitutional ♦ go for a dip ♦ go for a doctor ♦ go for a drive ♦ go for a jaunt ♦ go for a paddle ♦ go for a ramble ♦ go for a ride ♦ go for a row ♦ go for a run ♦ go for a sail ♦ go for a scamper ♦ go for a slash ♦ go for a spin ♦ go for a spin in a car ♦ go for a stroll ♦ go for a swim ♦ go for a trip ♦ go for a trot ♦ go for a vacation ♦ go for a walk ♦ go for an airing ♦ go for an outing ♦ go for broke ♦ go for him! ♦ go for nothing ♦ go for smb. ♦ go for vacation ♦ To go for ♦ To go for nothing. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "go for"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | wandel (stroll, go for a walk). (various references) | |
Albanian | vlen (import, serve), tërheqem, sulem (career, dash, hotfoot, make for, rush, swing, tear along, throw oneself, Wade), përpiqem të kap. (various references) | |
Arabic | آزر (friend, go for smb.), بدون قيمة (go for nothing). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | поразхождам се (go for a stroll, take a stroll), поплувам (go for a swim, take a swim), подбирам (assail, cull, extract, go for smb., herd, match, pick, pick out, pick over, rail at, round up, select, winnow). (various references) | |
Catalan | passejar (go for a walk, stroll). (various references) | |
Chinese | 從事 (engage in, to deal with, to do, to handle, undertake). (various references) | |
Czech | stát za co. (various references) | |
Dutch | wandelen (stroll), tippelen (go for a walk, march, stroll, walk), lopen (walk, flow, go, pace, run, step, tread), aan de wandel zýn (go for a walk, stroll). (various references) | |
Esperanto | promeni (go for a walk, stroll). (various references) | |
Faeroese | spáka (go for a walk, stroll). (various references) | |
Finnish | tehdä retki (go for a picnic, make a trip), olla kävelyllä (be out taking a walk, go for a walk, stroll), mennä puun hakuun (go for wood), mennä jaloittelemaan (go for a stroll), lähteä soutelemaan (go for a row, go out in a boat), lähteä purjehtimaan (go for a sail, set sail), lähteä lenkille (go for a run), lähteä kävelylle (go for a drive, go for a walk), lähteä ajelulle (go for a drive, go motoring). (various references) | |
French | servir rien (go for nothing), se promener (go for a walk), se balader (go for a trip), faire une promenade (go for a ride, go for a walk), faire un tour en bateau (go for a sail), faire du cheval (go for a ride), aller se promener (go for a walk), aller se balader (go for a jaunt), aller faire un tour (go for a jaunt), accompagner (go for smb., go with). (various references) | |
Frisian | kuierje (go for a walk, stroll, to walk). (various references) | |
German | gut finden, stehen auf (be into, be mad about), losgehen auf (come at, lash out at), herziehen über (bad-mouth), eindringen auf (attack), abfahren auf (be into). (various references) | |
Greek | ρίχνομαι εναντίον, πάω να φέρω, επιτίθεμαι (attack), διαλέγω (choose, pick, pick out, select). (various references) | |
Hebrew | טייל (go for a walk, travel). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elmegy valakiért. (various references) | |
Italian | andare a fare una passeggiata (go for a walk). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 賭け碁 (playing go for stakes), 頑張って (Go for it, Hold on, Keep at it). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がんばって (Go for it, Hold on, Keep at it), かけご (nesting boxes, playing go for stakes). (various references) | |
Norwegian | spasere (go for a walk, stroll). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ogay orfay.(various references) | |
Polish | spacerować (go for a walk, stroll). (various references) | |
Portuguese | dar uma andada (go for a walk), dar um passeio (go for a walk, take a walk). (various references) | |
Romanian | urmãri (aim, chase, dog, drive, follow, follow out, give chase, go after, haunt, hound, Hunt, intend, look at, make after, Mark, obsess, pursue, run, run after, seek after, strive after, trace, track, watch), se duce dupã, preţui (appreciate, cost, estimate, hold, prize, put, rate, treasure, value), merge sã caute, intra în (come into, enter, enter into, go in, go into, join in, penetrate, penetrate into, step into), ataca (affect, approach, assault, attack, engage, fall, go at, hit, mug, pelt, pirate, Raven, start, tackle, thrust). (various references) | |
Romansch | ir a spass (to go for a walk). (various references) | |
Russian | направляться (head, make for, repair, sashay, strike out, wend one's way, zeroing). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | voleti nekoga, važiti (apply, be legal, be valid, effect: be in effect), prihvatiti (accept, adopt, hive), navaliti (crowd, fall on, pitch, pour in, roll, rush, tuck in), napasti (attack, attempt, invade, jump, lace, offend, savage, take apart, tilt), napadati (assault, attack, fall, impugn, offend, oppugn). (various references) | |
Spanish | venderse por (fetch), venderse (come off, give oneself away, go, sell, sell oneself), optar por (determine on), meterse con (get at, interfere, molest, pick on), meterse (get into, jump on, pile in, throw), irse (go, leave), ir por (fetch, get, pick up), ir a buscar (fetch, get), esforzarse por ganar, escoger (choose, elect, pick out, select), entusiasmarse por, dedicarse a obtener, dar (give), atacar (assault, attack, commit aggression), acometer (attack, assault, commit aggression, violate). (various references) | |
Sranan | koyri (go for a walk, stroll). (various references) | |
Swedish | gälla för, hämta (fetch). (various references) | |
Turkish | gezmeye çıkmak (go for a walk, sally forth, sally out), geçerli olmak (be valid, hold, hold good, obtain, rule, run), gayret etmek (cultivate, endeavor, endeavour, hump, hump oneself, jockey for, make an effort, rustle, strain, strain after, strain at, strive, study, take care, try), takdir etmek (admire, appreciate, esteem, estimate, ordain, pay tribute, predestinate, predestine, prize, recognize, regard), sataşmak (annoy, hit at, pick on, ride, tease, twit), dil uzatmak (assail, attack, defame, malign, rail, sail into), bulmak (find), çabalamak (endeavor, endeavour, exert oneself, go after, hump oneself, scramble, strain, strain at, strive, struggle, study, tug, work), çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gezelenз etmek (go for a walk), kaсkamak (drift, go for a walk, loiter). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | накинутися (bear down upon, fasten upon, fly at, hurl oneself, pelt), захоплюватися (addict, admire, applaud, enthuse, rave, take away), замінити. (various references) | |
Welsh | mynd am dro (go for a walk). (various references) | |
Yucatec | ximbal (go, go for a walk, stroll). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 23, Verse 23 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Veritatem eme et noli vendere sapientiam et doctrinam et intellegentiam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Bie treuthe, and wile thou not selle wisdam, and doctrine, and vnderstonding. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 23, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Palita ang kamatuoran, ug ayaw kini pag-ibaligya; Oo, ang kaalam, ug pahamatngon, ug ang salabutan. |
| Croatian | Pribavi istinu i ne prodaji je, steci mudrost, pouku i razbor. |
| Danish | Køb Sandhed og sælg den ikke, Visdom, Tugt og Forstand. |
| Dutch | Koop de waarheid, en verkoop ze niet, mitsgaders wijsheid, en tucht, en verstand. |
| Finnish | Osta totuutta, älä myy, osta viisautta, kuria ja ymmärrystä. |
| French | Acquiers la vérité, et ne la vends pas, La sagesse, l`instruction et l`intelligence. |
| German | Kaufe Wahrheit, und verkaufe sie nicht, Weisheit, Zucht und Verstand. |
| Haitian Creole | Verite, konesans, lespri ak bon konprann, se bagay ou mèt peye chè pou ou genyen. Men, pa janm vann sa. |
| Hungarian | Szerezz igazságot, és el ne adj; bölcseséget és erkölcsöt és eszességet. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ajaran yang benar, hikmat, didikan, dan pengertian--semuanya itu patut dibeli, tetapi terlalu berharga untuk dijual. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Belilah akan benar dan jangan jualkan dia, atau budi, atau pengajaran, atau pengetahuan. |
| Italian | Acquista il vero bene e non cederlo, la sapienza, l'istruzione e l'intelligenza. |
| Maori | Hokona te pono, kaua hoki e whakawhitiwhitia; ae ra, te whakaaro nui, te ako hoki, me te matauranga. |
| Norwegian | Kjøp sannhet og selg den ikke, kjøp visdom og tukt og forstand! |
| Portuguese | Compra a verdade, e não a vendas; sim, a sabedoria, a disciplina, e o entendimento. |
| Rumanian | Cumpqrq adevqrul, wi nu -l vinde, knyelepciunea, knvqyqtura wi priceperea. |
| Russian | лХРЙ ЙУФЙОХ Й ОЕ РТПДБЧБК НХДТПУФЙ Й ХЮЕОЙС Й ТБЪХНБ. |
| Spanish | Adquiere la verdad y no la vendas; adquiere sabiduría, disciplina e inteligencia. |
| Swedish | Sök förvärva sanning, och avhänd dig henne icke, sök vishet och tukt och förstånd. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Go For" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gofor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: forgo. | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: frog, goof, roof. | |
-2 letters: fog, for, fro, goo, gor. | |
-3 letters: go, of, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: forego, forgot. | |
+2 letters: foghorn, forgoer, forgoes, forgone, fourgon, goofier, roofing. | |
+3 letters: floorage, flooring, foghorns, footgear, fordoing, foregoer, foregoes, foregone, forgoers, forgoing, fourgons, proofing, roofings, unforgot. | |
+4 letters: floorages, floorings, footgears, forboding, foredoing, foregoers, foregoing, forgotten, germproof, homograft, nongolfer, reroofing, unroofing. | |
+5 letters: comforting, conforming, footbridge, foreboding, foreground, froghopper, futurology, homografts, lightproof, nongolfers, reflooding, stroganoff. | |
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