go for
verb11 senses
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- 2To try for, to attempt to reach.
- 3To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
- 4To attack.
- 5To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden…
- 6To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
- 7To fall for (a trick)
- 8To apply equally to.
- 9To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
- 10To be accepted as.
- 11To cost.
1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- I'll go for some milk.
- If John goes for three days without sleep, he will be very tired.
3 more examples
- I need to go for a checkup at the clinic.
- Tickets are going for upwards of $100.
- I've gotta go for a job interview next Mon.
2
To try for, to attempt to reach.
- I'll go for the world record.
- Go for it!
3
To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
- His phone was off and I couldn't ask his permission, so I decided to just go for it.
- I'll go for a swim if it's warm enough.
1 more example
- I went for the pay-as-you-go plan.
4
To attack.
- Careful, he'll go for your throat!
5
To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
- Douglas: Well done on passing the test, Jen... Yes, all those clumsy attempts at seduction. Don't tell me you couldn't see through them. They were a test to find out whether you really wanted to work for me or whether you just wanted to come up here for my body. Jen: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not at all. Douglas: All right. Jen: No, physically you're just not the sort of man I go for. Douglas: Yeah, thanks, Jen. Jen: I go for the classically good-looking men: Blond, broad, and generally clean shaven. Douglas: Alright, yeah, enough of the jibber-jabber!2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6
- Clyde took one look at Bonnie and really went for her.
6
To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
- Management won't go for such a risky project now.
- Do you want to climb the mountain with me? Yeah, I could go for that.
1 more example
- And the judge and the jury They all put the blame on me They wouldn't go for my story They wouldn't hear my plea1987, “Love in the First Degree”, in Wow!, performed by Bananarama:
7
Informal To fall for (a trick)
8
To apply equally to.
- Stop taking my food from the fridge! That goes for you too, Nick!
- What I'm about to say goes for all of you.
1 more example
- My wife hates football, and that goes for me as well.
9
To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
- It's a desk that goes for a dresser too.
- […] every of them, being gold, whole and weight, shall go and be current in payment throughout this his realm for the sum that they were coined for.1503, “19 Henry VII. c. 5: Coin”, in A Collection of Statutes Connected with the General Administration of the Law, published 1836, page 158:
10
To be accepted as.
- The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 17:12:
11
Idiomatic To cost.
- Here in Texas, gas can go for as little as two dollars a gallon.
- Derived terms
- go for the jugular