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1. move, proceed, pass, advance, make way, forward; get on, make headway, gain ground; budge, stir; walk, tread, pace, stride, amble; travel, journey, tour, trek; wend, trail, hie, Scot. gang, gather way.

2. leave, depart, quit; move off, decamp, steal away, make off, slip away, abandon; abscond, U.S. Sl. vamoose, Jocular. absquatulate, Sl. scram; evacuate, emigrate, migrate; flee, fly, flit, take wing; withdraw, retreat, retire, repair, recede; sally forth, start out, set out, embark, weigh anchor.

3. function, perform, operate, work, run, act, play; Inf. tick, Inf. percolate, Inf. perk.

4. become, grow, grow into, come to be, wax; turn to, change to, convert to.

5. reach, extend, stretch to, spread to; give access to, open to, communicate to.

6. elapse, lapse, pass, pass by, expire; slip away, tick away, flow, glide, fly, Inf. zip by; drag, crawl, creep.

7. be applied, be allotted, be awarded, be assigned, be devoted to; be transferred, be granted, be ceded, be given, be conveyed; be bequeathed, be willed, be left.

8. conduce, tend, incline, lean, set, verge, gravitate, work towards; point to, show a tendency, look to; contribute to, lend itself to, serve, lead to, redound to.

9. result, turn out, end, end up, eventuate; ensue, emerge, come out.

10. belong, have a place, be there, fit in, lie, stand, rest; be located, be situated, be found.

11. harmonize, go together, blend, accord, comport, jibe, correspond; be compatible, be suited, be adapted.

12. fit, conform, suit, comply, meet, accommodate; observe, follow, fall in with.

13. vanish, disappear, cease to be, be no more, leave no trace, vanish into thin air, Sl. go poof; fade away, melt away, dissolve, die out, Inf. peter out; be consumed, be eaten up, be exhausted, be spent; be finished, be wiped out, be eradicated, be annihilated, be destroyed.

14. die, perish, decease, pass away, expire.

15. be discarded, be thrown away, be disposed of, be dropped, be shed; be dismissed, be put aside, be cast aside, be done with, be gotten rid of; be forgotten, be shelved, Sl. be canned.

16. develop, progress, proceed, move along; evolve, mature, bloom, ripen; work out, unfold, unwind, unfurl.

17. pass, circulate, get abroad, go around, get out; become public, acquire currency, get afloat.

18. sound, say, translate, pronounce; be phrased, be said, be spoken, be formed; be pronounced, be voiced, be vocalized; be written, be composed, be spelled.

19. wear out, tire out, weaken, deteriorate, degenerate; decline, fade, flag, lose power; become weakened, become worn out, become ineffective, become useless.

20. break, fail, give way, collapse, burst, pop; snap, tear, crack, give; fall down, cave in, tumble; crumble, crumple, disintegrate, fall to pieces.

21. go down

a. lose, suffer defeat, fall, be the loser; be beaten, be upset, Sl. be licked, Sl. be drubbed.b. be remembered, be recalled, be memorialized, be commemorated.

22. go off

explode, fire, detonate, fulminate; blow up, pop, burst, erupt, blow, Sl. go boom.

23. go on

a. happen, take place, occur, come about, arise, ensue.b. endure, last, continue, stay; abide, remain, run.

24. go out

expire, fade out, die out; be extinguished, be doused, be quenched, be turned off, be unplugged.

25. go over

review, examine, inspect, study, look over; read, scan, peruse, run over, skim, give a quick once over.

26. go through

bear, experience, suffer, withstand, undergo; put up with, stand, take, tolerate, submit to; weather, brook, brave.

27. go together

date, keep company, court, go with, go out with; go steady with, Brit. walk out with, see, woo, Inf. be honeys.

28. let go

release one's hold, unarm, unhand, disengage; free, release, set free, liberate, loose, open the door to.

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29. energy, spirit, animation, vigor, dynamism; life, elan, dash, zest, verve, vim; get up and go, Inf. pep, Inf. zip, vim, vigor and vitality; drive, enterprise, initiative, push.

30. attempt, try, trial, essay, Archaic. assay; Inf. shot, Inf. fling, Sl. whirl, Sl. stab, Sl. crack, Sl. whack; venture, endeavor, effort, bid, gambit.

31. success, triumph, victory; prosperity, good fortune, run of luck, luck; winner, Sl. smash, Inf. hit.

32. from the word

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33. all the go

fashionable, chic, stylish, modish, smart, Sl. hip; in vogue, in fashion, a la mode. —interj.

34. start, get going, move, run, hop to it, take off; step lively, get a move on, Sl. get the lead out.

35. begone, be off, Archaic. avaunt, away, away with; get out, go away, get along, get or be on your way, get out of here; get out of my sight, Inf. make yourself scarce, Sl. beat it, Sl. vamoose, Sl. scram, Sl. get lost, Sl. hit the road.