Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To put maximum effort into achieving something.

    To win the competition he has to beat his personal best, and he's going for it.

    He really went for it.

    alles geben, (richtig) reinhauen

    отдава́ться на все стоotdavátʹsja na vse sto, не жале́ть силne žalétʹ sil, выкла́дываться по-по́лнойvykládyvatʹsja po-pólnoj

  2. To decide to do something; especially after a period of hesitation.

    His phone was off so I couldn't ask his permission, so I decided to just go for it.

    дерза́тьderzátʹ, дерзну́тьderznútʹ

  3. (idiomatic, imperative)Used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.

    May I use your bathroom? ― Go for it!

    Дерзай!Derzaj!, Валяй!Valjaj!, Давай!Davaj!

Examples

1213 sentences
  1. I am going to do it.

    Я це зроблю. — shanghainese

    ruЯ собираюсь сделать это. — soweli_Elepanto

    deIch werde es tun. — xtofu80

  2. Go and see who it is.

    Ідіть подивіться, хто це. — aandrusiak

    ruПойди посмотри, кто это. — Shady_arc

    deGeh hin und sieh nach, wer es ist. — xtofu80

  3. I'm going to think about it.

    Я подумаю про це. — deniko

    ruЯ подумаю об этом. — marafon

    deIch werde darüber nachdenken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I'm going to do it again.

    Я знову це зроблю. — deniko

    ruЯ собираюсь сделать это снова. — Olya

    deIch werde es wieder tun. — Tamy

  5. Tom isn't going to like it.

    Тому це не сподобається. — deniko

    ruТому это не понравится. — marafon

    deDas wird Tom nicht gefallen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to put maximum effort into something:
to decide to do something; especially after a period of hesitation:
used to give permission or permission endorsement:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to put maximum effort into something:

Forms

goes for it, going for it, went for it, gone for it
Base formgo for it · to go for it
3rd person singulargoes for it
Present participlegoing for it
Past simplewent for it
Past participlegone for it

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo for it
he, she, itgoes for it

Past simpleLesson

all personswent for it

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone for it
he, she, ithas gone for it

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go for it

Synonyms

6 synonyms

See also

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