go for

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go for

verb goes for · going for · went for · gone for

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for. I'll go for some milk.
  2. transitive To try for, to attempt to reach. I'll go for the world record.
  3. transitive 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.
  4. transitive To attack. Careful, he'll go for your throat!
  5. transitive 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 a
  6. transitive To favor, accept; to have a preference for. Management won't go for such a risky project now.
  7. informal, transitive To fall for (a trick)
  8. transitive To apply equally to. Stop taking my food from the fridge! That goes for you too, Nick!
  9. transitive To suffice to be used for; to serve as. It's a desk that goes for a dresser too.
  10. intransitive To be accepted as. The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
  11. idiomatic, transitive To cost. Here in Texas, gas can go for as little as two dollars a gallon.

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verb to try for something

Portuguêstentar
Italianotentare, provare

verb to attack something

中文攻击 gōngjī
Portuguêsatacar

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@misc{go_for_2026,
  title = {go for},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20for},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}