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  1. intransitive verb To move or travel; proceed: We will go by bus. Solicitors went from door to door seeking donations. How fast can the boat go?
  2. intransitive verb To move away from a place; depart: Go before I cry.
  3. intransitive verb To pursue a certain course: messages that go through diplomatic channels to the ambassador.
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  • The ability to access information on the go is a compelling weapon in the competitive business landscape. —  ZDNET.com.au
  • For Behm, who used to run eight miles a day, being on the go is as natural as chasing a tennis ball is for Colby. —  News/local from www.dailyamerican.com
  • These dogs are condemned to a life of suffering and misery from the word go, which is why it is essential more is done to monitor advertising of pet sales, illegal breeding and push for some form of compulsory dog registration. —  The Latest From www.politics.co.uk
  • • SprintTV - being able to watch 30+ television shows while on the go is a neat feature and is a great way to kill time or entertain. —  Hushed Casket Recent Posts
  • Yojo Mama - local information for parents on the go is a perfect demographic. —  GISuser - GIS and Geospatial Technology News
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put ·  today ·  take ·  make ·  move ·  run ·  shoot ·  to-day ·  know ·  look ·  pass ·  give

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go:   going ·  gone ·  went ·  goes
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  1. Middle English gon, from Old English gān; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Japanese, from Middle Chinese ginodotst.gif.

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  1. Scots also gae; from Middle English go, goo, gon, goon, earlier gzn (preterit eode, aede, yede, yode; also wente (prop, the pret, of wenden: see wend), present participle goande, goende, past participle gon, gan), from Anglo-Saxon gān (preterit eode, present participle not found, past participle ge-gān) = Old Saxon gān = OFries. gān = Dutch gaan = Middle Low German Low German gān = Old High German gān, gēn, Middle High German gen, G. gehen (= modern lcel. gā = Swedish gå = Danish gaa, of Low German origin); not in Gothic (Moesogothic) (except in the preterit iddja) nor in early Scandinavian; a defective verb, generally regarded as a contraction of the equivalent Anglo-Saxon gangan = Gothic (Moesogothic) gaggan, etc., English gang, with which it has been long confused (see gang); but such a contraction is otherwise unexampled (the contraction in Anglo-Saxon fōn, take, hōn, hang, from the fuller form represented by the English fang, hang, q. v., being different), and is, on phonetic and other grounds, improbable. The form of the apparently root (Teutonic √ gai), the form of the preterit (Anglo-Saxon eode, Gothic (Moesogothic) iddja), and the fact that the prolific and widespread Indo-European √i, go, is otherwise scarcely represented in Teutonic (unless in OHG, īlen, German eilen = Danish ile = Swedish īla, hasten; Anglo-Saxon ile = OFries. ile = Icelandic il, the sole of the foot), give some probability to the conjecture that the Teutonic √ gai stands for * ga-i, being the generalizing prefix, Gothic (Moesogothic) ga-, Anglo-Saxon, etc., ge- (see i), + √i, go. The Anglo-Saxon present indicative 1 gā, 2 gǣst, 3 gǣth = Gothic (Moesogothic) as if 1 *ga-im, 2 *ga-is, 3 *ga-ith, equivalent to the simple forms 1 *im, 2 *is, 3 *ith (disused perhaps because of possible confusion with similar forms of the verb be, namely, 1 im, 2 is, 3 ist = English 1 am, 2 art, 3 is); = Latin ire (present indicative 1 eo, 2 is, 3 it) = Greek ἰέναι (present ind, 1 εῑ(μι, 2 εῑ(, εῑ(ς, 3 ε̄ἱσι) = Sanskrit √i (present indicative 1 emi, 2 eshi, 3 eti, etc.) = Lithuanian eiti = Old Bulgarian iti, go. In this view, the preterit, Anglo-Saxon eode, Gothic (Moesogothic) iddja, etc. (in comp. ge-eode, Middle English zeode, zede, zode, English obs, yede, yode, with occas. present yede, yead), apparently from a different root, is formed from the same root *i, without the prefix.
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