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you go, girl

you go, girl interjection: an expression of encouragement, chiefly for a girl or woman.

Interjection

  1. (informal) An expression of encouragement, chiefly for a girl or woman.
    • You've made it this far not because you're Michael Jackson's sister, but because you're Janet Jackson; a woman who knows where she wants to go and what bus to take. You go, girl!1993 November, Ebony, volume 49, number 1, page 16
    • [RACHEL:] No, see this isn't about the movie theatre, this is about you stealing my wind.
      [MONICA:] You go girl. I can't pull that off can I?1996 March 28, Michael Curtis, Gregory S. Malins, “The One Where Eddie Won't Go”, in Friends, season 2, episode 19
    Synonyms:
    YGG, attagirl

Synonyms of you go, girl

Questions about you go, girl

What does you go, girl mean?
You go, girl means an expression of encouragement, chiefly for a girl or woman.
What part of speech is you go, girl?
You go, girl is an interjection.

Words near you go, girl in the dictionary

  1. you gals
  2. you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone
  3. you get that
  4. you get what you pay for
  5. you go, boy
  6. you go, girl
  7. you got a mouse in your pocket
  8. you got a mouse in your purse
  9. you got it
  10. you got this
  11. you guys

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