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[go legit]  {v. phr.}

To start practicing a legitimate business after having been operating outside of the law.

[go like clockwork] or [go off like clockwork]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned.

The car's motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it.

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[go native]  {v. phr.}

To behave like a native (said of European Americans in tropical countries).

[go off]  {v.}

1. To leave; to depart.

Helen's mother told her not to go off without telling her.

2a. To be fired; explode.

The firecracker went off and scared Jack's dog.

2b. To begin to ring or buzz.

* /The alarm clock went off at six  […]

[go off half-cocked] also [go off at half cock]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To act or speak before getting ready; to do something too soon.

Bill often goes off half cocked.

* /Mr. Jones was thinking about quilting his job, but his wife told him not to  […]

[go off in a huff]  {v. phr.}

To depart in anger.

[go off like clockwork]

See: [GO LIKE CLOCKWORK].

[go off the deep end] or [go overboard]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To act excitedly and without careful thinking.

John has gone off the deep end about owning a motorcycle.

Mike warned his roommate not to go off the deep end and get married.

* /Some  […]

[go on]  {v.}

1a. To continue; not stop.

After he was hit by the ball, Billy quit pitching and went home, but the game went on.

The TV picture began to jump, and it went on like that until Father turned a knob.

* /I asked Jane a question but  […]

[go on record]  {v. phr.}

To make an official statement as opposed to an informal one; say something officially that may be quoted with the person's name added for reference.

* /I want to go on record that I oppose the merger with the firm of  […]