Go down like a lead balloon

see Lead balloon

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Go down like ninepins

see Fall down like ninepins

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Go down with all guns blazing / firing

Means to resist to the very end with all one’s vigour and resources; dates from the 18th century in this metaphoric sense, but in its literal sense, w...

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Go Dutch

Means to pay for oneself, at a restaurant etc, dates from the early 20th century and derives from a slightly earlier Americanism a Dutch treat which m...

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Go figure

American English expression that conveys puzzlement, wonder or perplexity in the sense of issuing a challenge 'see if you can figure it out'. Some sou...

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Go fly a kite

American slang expression dating from the 1940s telling someone to mind his or her own business or that they are of no further use and must get lost o...

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Go for a burton

see Gone for a burton

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Go for broke

This American expression means all or nothing and derives from gambling where everything is risked on one bet. It was in widespread use from the 1950s...

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Go for the gap

Take the opportunity or opening as presented is a recent expression from the 1960s but still represents the original meaning of the word gap as a phys...

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Go for the jugular

Make an aggressive, unrestrained attack to secure comprehensive victory, used in this figurative sense since the early 1980s.

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Go haywire

see Haywire

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Go like the clappers

see Hell’s bells

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Go off at the deep end

see In the deep end

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Go off half cocked

see Half cocked

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Go on one's merry way

Carry on doing something or other happily and regardless. An informal British expression that dates from the late 19th century.

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