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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)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) 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.
    Synonyms:
    pick, select
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) 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
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To have sexual relations with (someone).
  5. (transitive) To correspond or fit well with, to match.
    • Does this red skirt go with this pink blouse?
    Synonyms:
    harmonize, match, tone in
  6. (obsolete, transitive) 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

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Forms of go with

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

  1. go whistle
  2. go whole hog
  3. go wide
  4. go wild
  5. go Winchester
  6. go with
  7. go with a swing
  8. go with one's gut
  9. go with the flow
  10. go with the flow of traffic
  11. go with the territory

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