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/ɑn ðə goʊ/ Listen

noun

Go n.

Act; working; operation. (Obs.) "So gracious were the goes of marriage."

A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. (Slang) "This is a pretty go."

The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. (Colloq.)

Noisy merriment; as, a high go. (Colloq.)

A glass of spirits. (Slang)

Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him. (Colloq.)

(Cribbage) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement. ""Well," said Fleming, "is it a go?""

Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. (Slang, Eng. Univ.)

No go, a failure; a fiasco. (Slang)

On the go, moving about; unsettled. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'On the go'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"On the go" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Not altogether somersaulted with surprise, as you might say. We knows Chukkers, and Chukkers knows us—de we." He dropped his voice. "Monkey Brand'll tell you a tale or two about his ole friend. You arst him one day when you gets him on the go." ...

— Boy Woodburn - A Story of the Sussex Downs • Alfred Ollivant

... about? Always on the go, eh? The last scenes you took here came out well. I saw them in London on the R.A.M.C. film. What do you ...

— How I Filmed the War - A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who - Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. • Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins

... again, but I kept them on the go, the hard, knotted rope of straw paid into both of them without mercy till I thought ...

— Forbidden Fruit • Anonymous

... was bold in his methods and picturesquely lavish with his munitions of war. The Pullman Company did not then enjoy the royalty and defensive alliance which now protects it against rate legislation throughout the West, and so Wickersham was kept continually on the go, making alliances and friendships among legislators and journalists against the days ...

— Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions - Vol. I • Slason Thompson

... the forester, "it is perfectly natural; I would love dearly myself to sleep in the mornings, but I must always be on the go. What I want is a son-in-law, a strong youth to replace me; I would voluntarily give him my gun and my ...

— International Short Stories: French • Various

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