go far

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Verb	1.	go far - succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!" arrive, get in, make it bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win, come through - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
	2.	go far - extend in importance or range; "His accomplishments go far" go deep extend, run, lead, pass, go - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"

go

verb

1. To move along a particular course:

fare, journey, pass, proceed, push on, remove, travel, wend.

Idiom: make one's way.

2. To proceed in a specified direction:

bear, head, make, set out, strike out.

3. To move or proceed away from a place:

depart, exit, get away, get off, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.

Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.

Slang: blow, split, take off.

Idioms: hit the road, take leave.

4. To look to when in need:

apply, refer, repair, resort, run, turn.

Idioms: fall back on, have recourse to.

5. To proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance:

carry, extend, lead, reach, run, stretch.

6. To change or fluctuate within limits:

extend, range, run, vary.

7. To perform a function effectively:

function, operate, run, take, work.

8. To move toward a termination:

go away, pass, pass away.

9. To have a proper or suitable place:

belong, fit.

10. To move past in time.Also used with by:

elapse, lapse, pass.

11. To be depleted:

consume, spend.

Idiom: go down the drain.

12. To fall in:

buckle, cave in, collapse, crumple, give.

Idiom: give way.

13. To cease living:

decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb.

Informal: pop off.

Slang: check out, croak, kick in, kick off.

Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes.

14. To do or fare well:

boom, flourish, prosper, thrive.

Slang: score.

Idioms: get somewhere, go great guns, go strong.

15. To turn out well:

come off, go over, pan out, succeed, work, work out.

Slang: click.

16. To put up with:

abide, accept, bear, brook, endure, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand.

Informal: lump.

Idioms: take it, take it lying down.

17. Informal. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation:

bet, gamble, lay (down), post, put, risk, stake, venture, wager.

18. Informal. To make an offer of:

bid, offer.

phrasal verb
go along

To agree to cooperate or participate:

Informal: play along.

phrasal verb
go around

1. To pass around but not through:

bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, detour, skirt.

2. To become known far and wide:

circulate, get around, spread, travel.

Idiom: go the rounds.

phrasal verb
go at

1. To set upon with violent force:

aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), have at, sail into, storm, strike.

Informal: light into, pitch into.

2. To start work on vigorously:

attack, sail in, tackle, wade in (or into).

Idiom: hop to it.

phrasal verb
go away

1. To move or proceed away from a place:

depart, exit, get away, get off, go, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.

Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.

Slang: blow, split, take off.

Idioms: hit the road, take leave.

2. To move toward a termination:

go, pass, pass away.

phrasal verb
go back

To go again to a former place:

come back, return, revisit.

phrasal verb
go down

1. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily:

drop, fall, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble.

Idiom: take a fall.

2. To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin:

collapse, fall, go under, surrender, topple.

phrasal verb
go far

To gain success:

arrive, get ahead, get on, rise, succeed.

Idioms: go places, make good, make it.

phrasal verb
go for

1. Informal. To be favorably disposed toward:

approve, countenance, favor, hold with.

Idiom: take kindly to.

2. Informal. To receive pleasure from:

enjoy, like, relish, savor.

Slang: dig.

3. To require a specified price:

cost, sell for.

phrasal verb
go in

To come or go into (a place):

come in, enter, penetrate.

Nautical: put in.

Idioms: gain entrance, set foot in.

phrasal verb
go off

To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise:

blast, blow (up), burst, detonate, explode, fire, fulminate, touch off.

phrasal verb
go on

1. To be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time:

abide, continue, endure, hold out, last, persist, remain, stay.

2. To continue without halting despite difficulties or setbacks:

carry on, hang on, keep on, persevere, persist.

Idioms: hang in there, keep going , keep it up.

3. Informal. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:

babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on.

Informal: spiel.

Slang: gab, gas, jaw, yak.

Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze.

phrasal verb
go out

To be with another person socially on a regular basis:

date, see.

Informal: take out.

phrasal verb
go over

1. To turn out well:

come off, go, pan out, succeed, work, work out.

Slang: click.

2. To look at carefully or critically:

check (out), con, examine, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, study, survey, traverse, view.

Informal: case.

Idiom: give a going-over.

3. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of:

abstract, epitomize, recapitulate, review, run down, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up.

Informal: recap.

phrasal verb
go through

To participate in or partake of personally:

experience, feel, have, know, meet (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo.

Archaic: prove.

Idiom: run up against.

phrasal verb
go under

1. To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin:

collapse, fall, go down, surrender, topple.

2. To undergo sudden financial failure:

break, bust, collapse, crash, fail.

Informal: fold.

Idioms: go belly up, go bust, go on the rocks, go to the wall.

phrasal verb
go up

To move upward on or along:

ascend, climb, mount, scale.

phrasal verb
go with

To be in keeping with:

become, befit, conform, correspond, fit, match, suit.

noun

1. A trying to do or make something:

attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, essay, offer, stab, trial, try.

Informal: shot.

Slang: take.

Archaic: assay.

2. A brief trial:

crack, stab, try.

Informal: fling, shot, whack, whirl.

3. A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity:

bout, hitch, inning (often used in plural), shift, spell, stint, stretch, time, tour, trick, turn, watch.

4. Informal. Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity:

animation, energy, force, might, potency, power, puissance, sprightliness, steam, strength.

Informal: get-up-and-go, pep, peppiness, zip.

adjective

Informal. In a state of preparedness:

ready, set.

Slang: together.

Idioms: all set, in working order.

Translations

يَنْجَحُ

přivést to daleko

weit kommen

aller loin

sikere lesz

ná langt

nå langt oppnå suksess

başarılı olmakbaşarmak

成功

go

(gəu) – 3rd person singular present tense goes: past tense went (went) : past participle gone (gon) – verb

1. to walk, travel, move etc. He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?

2. to be sent, passed on etc. Complaints have to go through the proper channels.

3. to be given, sold etc. The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.

4. to lead to. Where does this road go?

5. to visit, to attend. He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.

6. to be destroyed etc. This wall will have to go.

7. to proceed, be done. The meeting went very well.

8. to move away. I think it is time you were going.

9. to disappear. My purse has gone!

10. to do (some action or activity). I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.

11. to fail etc. I think the clutch on this car has gone.

12. to be working etc. I don't think that clock is going.

13. to become. These apples have gone bad.

14. to be. Many people in the world regularly go hungry.

15. to be put. Spoons go in that drawer.

16. to pass. Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.

17. to be used. All her pocket-money goes on sweets.

18. to be acceptable etc. Anything goes in this office.

19. to make a particular noise. Dogs go woof, not miaow.

20. to have a particular tune etc. How does that song go?

21. to become successful etc. She always makes a party go.

noun – plural goes –

1. an attempt. I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.

2. energy. She's full of go.

ˈgoing noun

1. an act of leaving, moving away etc. the comings and goings of the people in the street.

2. the conditions under which something is done. Walking was heavy going because of all the mud.

adjective

1. successful. That shop is still a going concern.

2. in existence at present. the going rate for typing manuscripts.

ˈgo-ahead adjective

successful and progressive. His firm is very go-ahead.

noun

permission. We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.

ˌgo-ˈgetter noun

a person with a great deal of energy, ability etc who gets what he wants.

ˌgoing-ˈover noun

a study or examination. He gave the accounts a thorough going-over.

ˌgoings-ˈon noun plural

(usually strange) happenings or behaviour.

ˌno-ˈgo adjective

(of a district etc) which a person etc is not allowed to enter. a no-go area.

all go adjective

very busy. It's all go in this office today.

be going on (for)

to be near or close to (a time, age etc). He must be going on (for) eighty.

be going strong

to be successful, healthy etc. Our business/grandfather is still going strong.

from the word go

from the very beginning.

get going

to get started. If you want to finish that job you'd better get going.

give the go-by

to ignore in an unfriendly way. I think we'll give all his stupid suggestions the go-by.

go about

1. to (begin to) work at. I don't know the best way to go about the job!

2. (of a ship) to change direction or turn around.

go after

1. to try to win. He's going after that prize.

2. to follow or chase. Go after him and apologize.

go against

1. to oppose or refuse to act on. A child should never go against his parents' wishes.

2. to be unacceptable to. This goes against my conscience.

go along

1. to go. I think I'll go along to that meeting.

2. to proceed or progress. Check your work as you go along.

go along with

to agree with. I'm afraid I can't go along with you on that.

go around

(of stories, rumours etc) to be passed from one person to another. There's a rumour going around that you are leaving.

go around with

to be friendly with. I don't like the group of friends you're going around with.

go at

1. to attack. The little boys went at each other with their fists.

2. to do with enthusiasm. He really went at the job of painting the wall.

go back

to return to an earlier time, topic of conversation etc. Let's go back for a minute to what we were talking about earlier.

go back on

to fail to do (something one has promised to do). I never go back on my promises.

go by

1. to base an opinion on. We can't go by what he says.

2. to be guided by. I always go by the instructions.

go down

1. (with well/badly) to be approved or disapproved of. The story went down well (with them).

2. (of a ship) to sink. They were lost at sea when the ship went down.

3. (of the sun or moon) to go below the horizon.

4. to be remembered. Your bravery will go down in history.

5. (of places) to become less desirable. This part of town has gone down in the last twenty years.

go far

to be successful. If you keep on working as hard as this, I'm sure you'll go far.

go for

to attack physically or in words. The two dogs went for each other as soon as they met.

go in

(of the sun or moon) to become covered by cloud.

go in for

1. to take part in. I'm not going in for the 1,000 metres race.

2. to do (something) as a hobby, career etc. My son is going in for medicine; She goes in for collecting postcards.

go into

1. to make a careful study of (something). We'll need to go into this plan in detail.

2. to discuss in detail. I don't want to go into the problems at the moment.

go off

1. (of a bomb etc) to explode. The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.

2. (of an alarm) to ring. When the alarm went off the thieves ran away.

3. to leave. He went off yesterday.

4. to begin to dislike. I've gone off cigarettes.

5. to become rotten. That meat has gone off.

6. to stop working. The fan has gone off.

go on

1. to continue. Go on reading – I won't disturb you.

2. to talk a great deal, usually too much. She goes on and on about her health.

3. to happen. What is going on here?

4. to base one's investigations etc on. The police had very few clues to go on in their search for the murderer.

go on at

to nag at. Her mother went on at her for coming home late after the dance.

go out

1. to become extinguished. The light has gone out.

2. to go to parties, concerts, meetings etc. We don't go out as much as we did when we were younger.

3. to be frequently in the company of (a person, usually of the opposite sex). I've been going out with her for months.

go over

1. to study or examine carefully. I want to go over the work you have done before you do any more.

2. to repeat (a story etc). I'll go over the whole lesson again.

3. to list. He went over all her faults.

4. (of plays, behaviour etc) to be received (well or badly). The play didn't go over at all well the first night.

go round

to be enough for everyone. Is there enough food to go round?

go slow

(of workers in a factory etc) to work less quickly than usual, eg as a form of protest.

go steady

to have a close friendly relationship with someone of the opposite sex. My girl-friend and I have been going steady for a year.

go through

1. to search in. I've gone through all my pockets but I still can't find my key.

2. to suffer. You have no idea what I went through to get this finished in time.

3. to use up. We went through a lot of money on holiday.

4. to complete. to go through certain formalities.

5. to be completed. After long hours of negotiations, the deal went through.

go through with

to finish doing. I will go through with this in spite of what you say.

go too far

to do something which is so bad as to be unacceptable.

go towards

to help to buy etc. The money we collect will go towards a new roof.

go up

1. to increase in size, value etc. The temperature/price has gone up.

2. to be built. There are office blocks going up all over town.

go up in smoke/flames

to catch fire; to be destroyed or damaged by fire etc. The building across the street went up in flames.

go with

1. to be sold with, be part of etc. The carpets will go with the house.

2. to look etc well with. The carpet goes with the wallpaper.

go without

to manage without. If you can't afford a new dress, you'll have to go without (one).

keep going

to continue doing what one is doing; to survive. The snow was falling heavily, but we had to keep going; Business is bad at the moment, but we'll manage to keep going.

make a go (of something)

to make a success (of something). He has never owned a shop before, but I think he'll make a go of it.

on the go

very busy or active. He's always on the go, from morning to night.

References in classic literature ?

"Just so, but under these conditions the man is not at liberty; he is attached to the pump which sends him air through an india-rubber tube, and if we were obliged to be thus held to the Nautilus, we could not go far."

"But it seems to me that in this twilight, and in the midst of this fluid, which is very dense compared with the atmosphere, shots could not go far, nor easily prove mortal."

View in context

He was a bright and clear intelligence, and if his light did not go far, it is to be said of him that his worst fault was only to have stopped short of the finest truth in art, in morals, in politics.

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"I can't go far," she said and her voice was quiet, unperturbed.

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Besides, Barbicane's plans would ensure greater perfection for his projectile, and go far to annihilate altogether the effects of the shock.

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He either has not the sense or the power to follow my example, though he does try to conceal his uneasiness as well as he can; but still, it will appear in his face, and his ill-humour will peep out at intervals, though not in the expression of open resentment - they never go far enough for that.

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The rains that are almost continually falling in this season make it impossible to go far from home, for the rivers overflow their banks, and therefore, in a place like this, where there are neither bridges nor boats, are, if they are not fordable, utterly impassable.

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We were just getting started, and we could not go far in a single generation.

We did not go far. Possibly at no time were we more than a hundred yards from the trees.

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He is thus completely wedged before and behind, and can only expand himself sideways by settling down on his stretched legs; but a sudden, violent pitch of the boat will often go far to topple him, because length of foundation is nothing without corresponding breadth.

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She said she would not go far, and would call at the haunted house once a month for her money.

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But he was not destined to go far. With a cry John seized the branch of a tree, whipped the crutch out of his armpit, and sent that uncouth missile hurtling through the air.