Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive, literally)To travel the entire distance to one's intended destination.

  2. (idiomatic, intransitive)To continue to the conclusion of a task or project.

  3. (colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive)To have sexual intercourse.

Examples

461 sentences

  1. Tom had to go back the way he'd come.

    Тому довелось повертатись тією ж дорогою, якою він прийшов. — older

    deTom musste denselben Weg zurückgehen, den er gekommen war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Don't go out of your way.

    Не звертай зі свого шляху. — deniko

    ruНе сворачивай со своего пути. — las

    deWeiche nicht von deinem Weg ab. — Tamy

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  3. Am I going the right way?

    Я вірно йду? — shanghainese

    ruЯ иду верной дорогой? — odexed

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  4. I'll go this way.

    Я піду сюдою. — deniko

    ruЯ пойду этой дорогой. — marafon

    deIch werde in diese Richtung gehen. — raggione

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  5. Go that way.

    Йди он туди. — deniko

    ruИди туда. — Selena777

    deGehe dort entlang! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Forms

goes all the way, going all the way, went all the way, gone all the way
Base formgo all the way · to go all the way
3rd person singulargoes all the way
Present participlegoing all the way
Past simplewent all the way
Past participlegone all the way

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo all the way
he, she, itgoes all the way

Past simpleLesson

all personswent all the way

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone all the way
he, she, ithas gone all the way

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go all the way

Synonyms

4 synonyms
get ithave sex
achieve completion:cross the line
to have sexual intercourse:do it

Antonyms

1 antonyms
achieve completion:fall at the last hurdle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gnugoA1goagoadgoalA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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