G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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[go in for] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To try to do; take part in; take pleasure in.
Most girls do not go in for rough games.
Mrs. Henry goes in for simple meals.
Compare: [GO INTO] (3), [TAKE UP] (5b).
[go in one ear and out the other] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be not really listened to or understood; be paid no attention.
The teacher's directions to the boy went in one ear and out the other.
* /Mother scolded Martha, but it went in one ear and […]
[go into] {v.}
1a. To go or fit inside of; able to be put in.
The table is too big to go into the closet.
1b. To be able to be divided into; be divisible into.
Two goes into four two times.
2. To enter a state or condition of; pass into.
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[go into a huddle] {v. phr.}
1. To gather close together as a team in a football game, usually to find out your team's next play.
The football team which has the ball goes into a huddle before every play to get orders on what play they will use.
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[go into a tailspin] or [go into a nose dive] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To fall or go down badly; collapse; give up trying.
The team went into a tailspin after their captain was hurt, and they were badly beaten.
2. {informal}
To become very […]
[go into orbit] {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. To become very happy or successful.
Our team has gone into orbit.
Compare: [FLY HIGH].
2. To lose one's temper or control completely; become very angry.
* /John was afraid his father would go into orbit […]
[go it] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To go fast; run hard; not to spare yourself. — Often used as a command.
The coach yelled to the runner to go it.
At the party the girls cheered for their partners to go it.
* /The boys called, "Go it!" to the […]
[go jump in the lake] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To go away and quit being a bother.
George was tired of Tom's advice and told him to go jump in the lake.
Compare: [GO CHASE YOURSELF], [GO FLY A KITE].