Wednesday, August 1, 2012

UppInt A: Phrasal Verb: GO

to go out
1.to leave your house, especially in order to enjoy yourself
"Let's go out tonight!"

2. to have a romantic relationship with someone
"Tina used to go out with my brother."
"They've been going out for two years now."

3. Fire/Light- to stop burning or shining
"The lights suddenly went out."

to go over s.t. -to review/examine s.t.
"Before the test, she went over her notes."

to go through s.t.- to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation, feeling etc
"He's going through a divorce at the moment."
"She went through a lot last year and she was quite upset."


to go through
1- Law:  if a law goes through, or goes through Parliament, it is officially accepted
"The smoking ban in public places went through without any opposition."

2-Deal/agreement- if a deal or agreement goes through, it is officially accepted and agreed

"After months of negotiation, the deal finally went through."


3-Read/Discuss- to read or discuss something in order to make sure it is correct 
"We'll go through the details of the contract tomorrow."

4-Search-  to search something in order to find something in particular
"John went through his pockets looking for the keys."

to go through with s.t. - to do something you had promised or planned to do, even though it causes problems or you are no longer sure you want to do it
"I had no choice but to go through with it."

to go under -if a business goes under, it has to stop operating because of financial problems
"After only a few months, the business Rob started went under."

to go off- if an alarm goes off, it makes a noise to warn you about something
"The fire alarm went off at 3am."

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