go

1. noun An attempt at some activity; a try. A: "I'm a little nervous to try water skiing." B: "Go on, Tom, have a go! It's fun!" Oh, you'll probably be good at it! Just give it a go. A: "Here, you give it a go." B: "No way. I'm terrible at video games."

2. verb, euphemism To urinate. Excuse me, where is your toilet? My daughter really needs to go. After my third cup of coffee, I really had to go. Luckily, I still had time to visit the restroom before the meeting began. The need to go aroused me from a sound sleep.

3. verb, informal To say or utter (something). Used as a reporting verb. So then Janet goes, "Blah, blah, blah," and Billy goes, "Yada, yada, yada." It was hilarious! I just got so frustrated waiting for her to decide that I went, "Make up your mind, Tammy!" And then he went, "You need to leave." Can you believe it?

gone

1. Dead. A: "Please, doctor, you've got to help him!" B: "I'm sorry, but it's too late. He's gone." Wow, I can't believe Uncle Ed is really gone. I just talked to him last week! A: "Wait, Aunt Mary is gone?" B: "I'm afraid so. It seems she passed away in her sleep last night."

2. slang Pregnant (for some amount of time). Aw, congratulations! How far gone are you? I was nearly seven months gone when we moved to Seattle, and I had to pack up the entire house myself because Tom was off traveling for work. I'm only six months gone, but I've been so sick that I would have this baby today if I could!

3. slang Heavily intoxicated from drugs or alcohol. A: "I don't remember much of what happened last night." B: "I'm not surprised, dude. After you hit that blunt, you were gone!" I think someone might have spiked Jack's drink with some kind of drug, because he's totally gone all of a sudden. I had to take my brother away from the party because he was just gone on LSD.

gone on (one)

slang Enamored, infatuated, or in love with one. Oh, I know he's gone on Christina— he won't stop gushing about her! I thought she seemed gone on him, but she broke up with him just a month after they started going out. Of course they're totally gone on each other—they've only been dating for, like, five minutes!

gone

1. and gone under mod. unconscious. He’s gone under. You can begin the procedure now.

2. and gone under mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. Those chicks are gone—too much to drink. Wow, he’s really gone.

3. mod. cool; out of this world. (Typically real gone.) This ice cream is gone, man, gone!

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