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made a go of

made a go of is the simple past and past participle of make a go of.

Meaning of make a go of

Verb

make a go of (third-person singular simple present makes a go of, present participle making a go of, simple past and past participle made a go of)

  1. (idiomatic) To succeed in (something); especially, to succeed in making a living.
    • He quit his regular job and tried to make a go of it as an artist.

Questions about made a go of

What is made a go of the simple past and past participle of?
Made a go of is the simple past and past participle of make a go of.

Words near made a go of in the dictionary

  1. made a face
  2. made a fist of
  3. made a fool of
  4. made a fool out of
  5. made a fortune
  6. made a go of
  7. made a good fist of
  8. made a grab
  9. made a habit of
  10. made a hash of
  11. made a joke of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: made a go of (page history and authors); make a go of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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