Go
Go
, n. 1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
So gracious were the goes of marriage.Marston.
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2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
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This is a pretty go.Dickens.
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3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the
go.
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4. Noisy merriment; as, a high
go.
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5. A glass of spirits.
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6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no
go in him.
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7.
(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.
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8. 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?"Bret Harte.
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Great go,
Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree.
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No go, a failure; a fiasco.
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Thackeray. --
On the go, moving about; unsettled.
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