All go to synonyms
go to
G g verb go to
- infest β to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
- align β If you align yourself with a particular group, you support them because you have the same political aim.
- consort β If you say that someone consorts with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing.
- come at β If a person or animal comes at you, they move towards you in a threatening way and try to attack you.
- come up to β To be coming up to a time or state means to be getting near to it.
- go on β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- hold out β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- put out β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- feel for β to perceive or examine by touch.
- get hold of β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- roll on β to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- shake hands β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- take up β the act of taking.
- avail oneself of β to make use of to one's advantage
- fall back on β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- head for β go towards, go to
- look to β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- make use of β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- turn to β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- check in β When you check in or check into a hotel or clinic, or if someone checks you in, you arrive and go through the necessary procedures before you stay there.
- drop in β Informal.. Also, dropper-in. a person who or thing that pays an unexpected or uninvited visit: a feeder for squirrels, raccoons, and other drop-ins.
- turn up β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- bob up β to come up unexpectedly; appear suddenly
- clock in β When you clock in at work, you arrive there or put a special card into a device to show what time you arrived.
- come to light β to be revealed
- make an appearance β the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public: the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso in AΓ―da; her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.
- make it β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make the scene β the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- pop up β Informal. unexpected; without prior warning or announcement: The teacher gave us a pop quiz.
- punch in β a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
prep go to
- after β If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
- as β If something happens as something else happens, it happens at the same time.
- concerning β You use concerning to indicate what a question or piece of information is about.
- during β throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of: He lived in Florida during the winter.
- notwithstanding β in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- pro β in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.
- supposing β to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- to β (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from): They came to the house.
- toward β in the direction of: to walk toward the river.
- for the sake of β for the good of
- in favor of β something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- in place of β instead of, replacing
- in spite of β a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- in the interest of β the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- in the name of β a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- on the part of β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- with a view to β an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.