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go it

go it verb: to act or behave in a certain manner, especially in an excessively bold, forceful, or audacious manner.

Verb

go it (third-person singular simple present goes it, present participle going it, simple past went it, past participle gone it)

  1. (informal) To act or behave in a certain manner, especially in an excessively bold, forceful, or audacious manner.
    • The knowledge of envy was a pleasant feeling to the man of no account. It was intensified later in the day when a luncher at the Club said, spitefully, “Well, for a debilitated Ditcher, Yeere, you are going it. Hasn't any kind friend told you that she's the most dangerous woman in Simla?”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 30
    • ‘Perhaps you would like to tell me what kept you?’
      ‘Not really, sir.’
      Something of a gasp ran around the form-room. This was going it a bit strong, even for Healey.
      ‘I beg your pardon?’1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 32
  2. (informal) To proceed, to make progress; go on (expressing encouragement).
    • Boot after boot was tried on until at last a fit was obtained, when in rushed a man, snatched up the customer's hat left near the door, and ran down the street as fast as his legs could carry him. Away went the customer after his hat, and Crispin, standing at the door, clapped his hands, and...1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Forms of go it

third-person singular presentgoes it
present participlegoing it
pastwent it
past participlegone it

Words formed from go it

Questions about go it

What does go it mean?
Go it means to act or behave in a certain manner, especially in an excessively bold, forceful, or audacious manner.
What part of speech is go it?
Go it is a verb.
What is the past tense of go it?
The past tense of go it is went it.

Words near go it in the dictionary

  1. go in with
  2. go into
  3. go into detail
  4. go into one's shell
  5. go into the long grass
  6. go it
  7. go it alone
  8. go it blind
  9. go it, ye cripples
  10. go it, you cripples
  11. go juice

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