go for
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, forUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
» What did you go there for?
Aus welchem Grund warst du dort?
Зачем ты туда пошёл?
Зачем ты туда ходил?
Зачем вы туда ходили?
Зачем вы туда пошли?
Зачем ты туда ездил?
Зачем вы туда ездили?
Зачем ты туда поехал?
Зачем вы туда поехали?
Чому ви туди ходили?
Meaning
11 sensesUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
I'll go for some milk.
If John goes for three days without sleep, he will be very tired.
(transitive)To try for, to attempt to reach.
I'll go for the world record.
Go for it!
make an attempt at achieving something
(transitive)To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
His phone was off and I couldn't ask his permission, so I decided to just go for it.
I'll go for a swim if it's warm enough.
(transitive)To attack.
Careful, he'll go for your throat!
(transitive)To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
Clyde took one look at Bonnie and really went for her.
(transitive)To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
Management won't go for such a risky project now.
Do you want to climb the mountain with me? Yeah, I could go for that.
(informal, transitive)To fall for (a trick)
(transitive)To apply equally to.
Stop taking my food from the fridge! That goes for you too, Nick!
What I'm about to say goes for all of you.
(transitive)To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
It's a desk that goes for a dresser too.
(intransitive)To be accepted as.
(idiomatic, transitive)To cost.
Here in Texas, gas can go for as little as two dollars a gallon.
Examples
2494 sentencesWhat did you go there for?
Чому ви туди ходили?
ruЗачем ты туда пошёл?
deAus welchem Grund warst du dort?
It's going to rain, for sure.
Напевно буде дощ.
ruНаверняка будет дождь.
I suggested going for a walk.
Я запропонував піти на прогулянку.
ruЯ предложил отправиться на прогулку.
deIch schlug vor, einen Spaziergang zu machen.
Can we go for a walk?
Ми можемо піти прогулятися?
ruМы можем пойти погулять?
deKönnen wir spazieren gehen?
Who's going to pay for this?
Хто за це заплатить?
ruКто будет платить за это?
deWer wird dafür aufkommen?
Translations
3 languagesForms
goes for, going for, went for, gone forPhrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- go upпіднятися, підніматисяTo move upwards.
- go offслужити, обслуговуватиTo explode.
- go outвийти, виходитиTo leave, especially a building.
- go onпродовжувати, продовжитиTo continue in extent.
- go downспуститися, спускатисяTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- go backповертатисяTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- go overперевірити, перевірятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.
- go awayвід'їхати, від'їжджатиTo depart or leave a place.
More 8
- go afterстежити, слідкуватиTo pursue in attempt to catch another.
- go forсподіватися, надіятисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- go throughзрозуміти, розумітиTo travel from one end of something to the other.
- go aboutнаблизитися, наближатисяTo busy oneself with.
- go withу /в мене, матиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
- go byвикористовувати, використатиTo pass or go past without much interaction.
- go aheadTo proceed with; to begin.
- go roundTo physically swirl or rotate.
Synonyms
8 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb