Do you know that go off has over four different meanings?
You might go off your friend if they go off and leave you with a sandwich that
went off three days ago, and a device that's due to go off any moments now.
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Now listen to the following speech and see if you can spot the phrasal verbs.
My father always told me to go after my dreams. So, I tried to become a musician
at 15 he encouraged me to go in for a major competition. But by this point, I had started
to go off music altogether. I went along with the plan and entered the competition regardless,
after everyone had performed, the judges asked me to go over my piece again.
While playing I could see the judges beaming at me and whispering to each other.
I didn't understand what was going on. Upon completing my performance,
I was awarded the trophy and the title young Musician of the Year. They wanted me to go
round numerous theaters performing with lots of famous musicians. I couldn't go on pretending I
had to tell them the truth. My passion for music that had once been so brightly had now gone out.
So how many phrasal verbs Did you hear? Put your answers in the comments.
In the meantime, I'm going to walk you through the most common phrasal
verbs that include the word ‘go’. But before I start, if you're new here and
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Go after. Go after means to pursue like to chase. This could be an object or a goal. So, if someone
is running away, then you might go after them. If you need to catch them, it would be dangerous to
go after the killer on your own. Or you could go after a goal, go after your dreams. Next,
go ahead. This means to start or continue to do something especially after waiting for permission.
Go ahead, he insisted. I won't interrupt again.
So, if you are waiting for someone to tell you it's safe to cross the road.
You wait wait, wait and they might say, “Okay, it's clear. Go ahead. You can continue now.”
Go along with this means to agree with something or to accept it to support an idea perhaps
it doesn't mean that you wholeheartedly agree with it.
But you agree to go along with it, you accept it and support it in some way.
Alex tends to go along with anything his wife says.
Alex may not agree with his wife, but he goes along with it to avoid an argument.
Next, we have go away. If something goes away, then it disappears.
The pain should go away in a couple of hours.
Go away can also be used when you're talking about going on holiday. For example, you might say.
We go away every summer and we're thinking about Japan this year. Did you go away this year?
Next, we have go back. This means to return.
I can't go back to work. I just don't feel very well.
Go back on something means to break a promise that
you've made. And you should never go back on your promise to a child.
To go down means to decrease or reduce. For example, if his temperature doesn't
go down, I'll call the doctor. To go down as something means to be
remembered for having done something. For example, Churchill went down as a great wartime leader.
So, Winston Churchill was remembered as a great wartime leader.
Go down with can be used when talking about illness, it means to become ill
with a disease or virus.
Our holiday was fine until Kim went down with a bad cold. After that, it all got rather dull.
To go in for to go in for means to enter a competition. For example,
you should go in for the talent contest they're holding at the youth club this weekend.
Go in for can also be used to talk about enjoying something. So, if it's something you enjoy,
it's something you go in for. I could never go in for windsurfing. It's just not my cup of tea.
To go into something means to deal with something in detail. Often someone would say to you,
I can't go into it right now. I can't go into it right now. So, I cannot discuss it in detail. At
this point in time. The head teacher asked me to go into school to talk about Alexander's
behavior. I asked her what the problem was, but she wouldn't go into it on the phone.
To go off. Now to go off can mean to be triggered. For example, an explosion goes off,
a gun goes off, or your alarm goes off. What time does your alarm go off in the morning?
Everyone panicked when the bomb went off. Luckily, no one was injured.
Go off can also mean to leave a place and go somewhere else. Like if I just walk away,
you might say oh, Hannah's on has gone off somewhere. Once I've gone off to
my mum has gone off to town without my dad. So, dad has gone off in a half.
Gone off or go off also means to no longer be fresh. Like when food
goes past. It's best when it's starting to decay.
The milk went off after only an hour in the scorching heat. It goes off
very quickly if you don't put it in the fridge. I hate it when milk goes off.
Go off can also mean to stop liking something or someone.
Jason used to really like jazz music, but he has gone off it lately.
When I was pregnant, I went off coffee, I couldn't stand the smell of coffee.
Go on. Go on means to continue doing something. Once you finish cleaning,
you can go on with your usual jobs. Now if you find this lesson useful,
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video to then go on watching to the end. Now go on can also mean just happen.
It's usually used in a question like what's going on, open the door what's going on in there?
Go on can also mean to do something after something else.
He started by criticizing me and then he went on to offer me a promotion. I'm confused.
Go out. Go out means to leave your home and attend a social event.
Many young people go out a lot. My partner went out last night to a meal.
Go out can also mean stop burning. So, to be extinguished. The fire must have gone out during
the night. Or I'm not sure what time the lights went out last night but they definitely did.
Go out can also mean to be sent. For example, an email or a letter. The letter went out
yesterday. I think our newsletter will go out tomorrow so it will be sent tomorrow.
Now go out with someone is when someone is a boyfriend or girlfriend so it's like
official dating when you are officially dating someone you say “I'm going out with them.”
“Is Julie going out with Tom?”
To go over. To go over something means to examine it or discuss it in detail.
The doctor wanted to go over the test results with his patient.
To go over can also mean to repeat something or to think about it again, in order to understand
it completely. I'd like to begin by going over what we did in last week's lesson. So,
I'm going to briefly repeat what we did. So, we can think about it and understand it a bit more.
Go round. This means to move or travel around or visit a place.
While visiting Rome, we plan to go around all the major archaeological sites.
Go round can also mean to go to somebody's house to visit them.
We were wondering if we should go round to Grandma's house for dinner one night this week.
Go through. To go through can mean to suffer. The children went through a lot before
recovering completely. Go through with means
to complete a promise or a plan. Usually something that you don't really want to do.
When it came to actually stealing the money, nor couldn't go through with it.
To go up, means to increase or to rise. The price of petrol is expected to go up. Go with
means to match. We normally use this when talking about clothing or accessories.
That tie it goes with that suit nicely. Or you might say, “Anna,
that headband really goes with your jumper.” Go with means to choose or accept something.
Hmm, what should I go with? I'll go with some salad and a glass of wine.
Go without means to be deprived of something.
Oliver Twist had to go without many things as a child.
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