go with
go with verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
Verb
go with (third-person singular simple present goes with, present participle going with, simple past went with, past participle gone with)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
- To choose or accept (a suggestion).
- Although I liked your suggestion, I'll go with my original idea.
- You have to go with your feelings.
- To date, to be involved romantically with (someone).
- Synonyms:
- go out with, go steady, date, go out [with], go together, hang together, have a thing, see, step out
- To have sexual relations with (someone).
- Synonyms:
- be with, go to bed with, lie with, sleep with, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy
- To correspond or fit well with, to match.
- Does this red skirt go with this pink blouse?
- To be pregnant with (a child).
- The fruit she goes with, / I pray for heartily, that it may find / Good time, and live.c. 1613, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Henry VIII, act 5, scene 1
- When the woman is come to the ninth Moneth, having beene in good health all the time of her going with child: she must continue the use of the aforesaid Ointments, and must begin to use more exercise than she did before, walking gently before meales the first twelve or fifteene daies; and then...1635, Jacques Guillemeau, Child-birth; Or, The Happy Delivery of Women, page 30
- Synonyms:
- carry, eat for two, expect, have a bun in the oven
Synonyms of go with
- pick
- select
- go out with
- go steady
- date
- go out [with]
- go together
- hang together
- have a thing
- see
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Forms of go with
| third-person singular present | goes with |
|---|---|
| present participle | going with |
| past | went with |
| past participle | gone with |
Questions about go with
- What does go with mean?
- Go with means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
- What part of speech is go with?
- Go with is a verb.
- What is the past tense of go with?
- The past tense of go with is went with.
Words near go with in the dictionary
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