"he went out to the shops"

• travel a specified distance

  "you just have to go a few miles to get to the road"

• travel or move in order to engage in a specified activity

  "let's go and have a pint"

• attend or visit for a particular purpose

  "we went to the cinema"

• (of a thing) lie or extend in a certain direction

  "the scar went all the way up her leg"

• change in level, amount, or rank

  "prices went up by 15 per cent"

• said in various expressions when angrily or contemptuously dismissing someone

  "go and get stuffed"

• used to emphasize the speaker's annoyance at someone's action

  "then he goes and spoils it all"

• begin motion (used in a starter's order to begin a race)

  "ready, steady, go!"

"I really must go"

• (of time) pass or elapse

  "the hours went by"

• pass a specified amount of time in a particular way

  "I went a year without seeing my kids"

• come to an end; cease to exist

  "a golden age that has now gone for good"

• cease operating or functioning

  "the power went in our road last week"

• leave or resign from a post

  "I tried to persuade the Chancellor not to go"

• die (used euphemistically)

  "I'd like to see my grandchildren before I go"

• be lost or stolen

  "when he returned minutes later his equipment had gone"

• (of money) be spent, especially in a specified way

  "the rest of his money went on medical expenses"

"I'm going to be late for work"

"the food is going bad"

• make a sound of a specified kind

  "the engine went bang"

• (of a bell or similar device) make a sound in functioning

  "I heard the buzzer go four times"

"how did the weekend go?"

• be acceptable or permitted

  "underground events where anything goes"

"rosemary goes with roast lamb"

• be found in the same place or situation; be associated

  "cooking and eating go together"

"my car won't go"

• continue in operation or existence

  "the committee was kept going even when its existence could no longer be justified"

"considerable effort went into making the operation successful"

• used to indicate how many people a supply of a resource is sufficient for or how much can be achieved using it

  "the sale will go a long way towards easing the huge debt burden"

"remember which card goes in which slot"

• fit into a particular place or space

  "you're trying to squeeze a quart into a pint pot, and it just won't go"

"if you haven't heard it, the story goes like this"

• say

  "the kids go, ‘Yeah, sure.’"

"he had to go but couldn't, because she was still in the bathroom"

"have a go at answering the questions yourself"

"I had a go on Nigel's racing bike"

• used in reference to a single item, action, or spell of activity

  "he drank a pint in one go"

"there's no go in me at all these days"

• vigorous activity

  "it's all go around here"

"this seems a rum sort of go"

• an attack of illness

  "he's had this nasty go of dysentery"

"tell them the project is a go"