G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[go one's way] {v. phr.}
1. To start again or continue to where you are going.
The milkman left the milk and went his way.
The man stopped and asked me for a match, then went his way.
Compare: [GO ALONG], [GO ON].
2. To go or act the way you […]
[go out] {v. phr.}
1. To pass out of date or style.
Short skirts are gradually going out.
2. To stop giving off light or burning.
Put more wood on the fire or it will go out.
3. To leave.
* /When I called Sue, her mother said that she had […]
[go out for] or [come out for] {v. phr.}
To try for a place on (an athletic team.)
Ten boys went out for track that spring.
The coach asked Tom why he didn't come out for basketball.
[go out of business] {v. phr.}
To cease functioning as a commercial enterprise.
The windows of the store are all boarded up because they went out of business.
[go out of one's way] {v. phr.}
To make an extra effort; do more than usual.
Jane went out of her way to be nice to the new girl.
Don did not like Charles, and he went out of his way to say bad things about Charles.
Compare: [BEND OVER […]
[go out the window] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To go out of effect; be abandoned.
During the war, the school dress code went out the window.
[go over] {v.}
1. To examine; think about or look at carefully.
The teacher went over the list and picked John's name.
The police went over the gun for fingerprints.
2. To repeat; do again.
Don't make me go all over it again.
* /We […]
[go over like a lead balloon] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To fail to generate a positive response or enthusiasm; to meet with boredom or disapproval.
The president's suggested budget cuts went over like a lead balloon.
* /Jack's off-color jokes went […]