Definition of Go for

1. Verb. Be pertinent or relevant or applicable. "The same rules go for everyone"

Exact synonyms: Apply, Hold
Generic synonyms: Bear On, Come To, Concern, Have-to Doe With, Pertain, Refer, Relate, Touch, Touch On
Related verbs: Apply, Lend Oneself
Derivative terms: Applicable, Applicative

2. Verb. Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to. "I go for this resolution"
Exact synonyms: Accept, Consent
Specialized synonyms: Give, Agree, Settle, Contract In, Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit, Buckle Under, Give In, Knuckle Under, Succumb, Yield, Take In Charge, Undertake
Generic synonyms: React, Respond
Derivative terms: Acceptation, Acceptation, Consent
Antonyms: Refuse

3. Verb. Intend with some possibility of fulfilment. "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"
Exact synonyms: Hope
Generic synonyms: Be After, Plan
Derivative terms: Hoper

4. Verb. Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for. "They go for more bread"; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
Exact synonyms: Fancy, Take To
Entails: Like
Generic synonyms: Desire, Want
Derivative terms: Fancier, Fancy

5. Verb. Make an attempt at achieving something. "She tried for the Olympics"
Exact synonyms: Try For
Generic synonyms: Compete, Contend, Vie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Go For

go around
go away
go a long way
go back
go back on
go bad
go ballistic
go board
go by
go deep
go down
go down on
go Dutch
go far
Go Fish
go for (current term)
go forth
go forward
go for broke
go game
go home
go in
go into
go off
go off at half-cock
go off half-cocked
go on
go out
go over
go past

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