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[go in one ear and out the other]{v. phr.}, {informal} To be not really listened to or understood; be paid no attention. •/The teacher’s directions to the boy went in one ear and out the other./ •/Mother scolded Martha, but it went in one ear and out the other./
[go into]{v.} 1a. To go or fit inside of; able to be put in. •/The table is too big to go into the closet./ 1b. To be able to be divided into; be divisible into. •/Two goes into four two times./ 2. To enter a state or condition of; pass into. •/John went into a fit of temper when he didn’t get his own way./ •/The sick man went into a coma./ •/The country went into mourning when the king died./ 3. To be busy in or take part in; enter as a job or profession. •/The mayor went into politics as a very young man./ •/Mr, Johnson is going into business for himself./ •/Bill wants to go into law when he gets out of school./ Compare: GO IN FOR, TAKE UP(5b). 4. To start to talk about; bring up the subject of; examine. •/We’ll talk about the dead mouse after dinner, Billy. Let’s not go into it now./ •/The teacher went into the subject of newspapers today./ Compare: LOOK INTO.
[go into a huddle]{v. phr.} 1. To gather close together as a team in a football game, usually to find out your team’s next play. •/The football team which has the ball goes into a huddle before every play to get orders on what play they will use./ 2. {informal} To talk together privately about something; discuss something where others cannot hear. •/The man went into a huddle with his lawyers before answering the question./ •/The doctors went into a huddle and decided to operate./
[go into a nose dive] See: GO INTO A TAIL SPIN.
[go into a tailspin] or [go into a nose dive]{v. phr.}, {informal} To fall or go down badly; collapse; give up trying. •/The team went into a tailspin after their captain was hurt, and they were badly beaten./ 2. {informal} To become very anxious, confused, or mentally sick; give up hope. •/The man went into a tailspin after his wife died and he never got over it./
[go into orbit]{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To become very happy or successful. •/Our team has gone into orbit./ Compare: FLY HIGH. 2. To lose one’s temper or control completely; become very angry. •/John was afraid his father would go into orbit when he found out about the car accident./ Compare: HIT THE CEILING.
[go it]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To go fast; run hard; not to spare yourself. — Often used as a command. •/The coach yelled to the runner to go it./ •/At the party the girls cheered for their partners to go it./ •/The boys called, "Go it!" to the dog chasing the cat./ 2. To live; continue to do or work. •/John wants to leave home and go it alone./ Compare: ON ONE’S OWN.
[go jump in the lake]{v. phr.}, {informal} To go away and quit being a bother. •/George was tired of Tom’s advice and told him to go jump in the lake./ Compare: GO CHASE YOURSELF, GO FLY A KITE.
[gold] See: HEART OF GOLD.
[golden] See: KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG.
[goldfish bowl]{n.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. A situation in which it is not possible to keep things secret for any length of time. •/Washington Society is a goldfish bowl./ 2. An apartment or place that provides no privacy for its occupant, e.g., an office that has too many windows. •/Joe’s office is a goldfish bowl, that’s why I didn’t let him kiss me there./
[golf widow]{n.}, {informal} A woman whose husband is often away from home playing golf. •/Mrs. Thompson didn’t like being a golf widow./
[go legit]{v. phr.} To start practicing a legitimate business after having been operating outside of the law. •/"The old days are over," the crime boss said to his friends. "We are going legit as of right now."/
[go like clockwork] or [go off like clockwork]{v. phr.}, {informal} To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. •/The car’s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it./ •/The birthday party went off like clockwork and everyone had a good time./
[go native]{v. phr.} To behave like a native (said of European Americans in tropical countries). •/Mainlanders often go native in Hawaii./
[gone goose] also [gone gosling]{n.}, {slang} A person for whom there is no hope. •/Herbert’s grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the year./ •/The man was a gone gosling when a policeman caught him breaking the store window./
[gone with the wind]{adj. phr.} Gone forever; past; vanished. •/All the Indians who used to live here are gone with the wind./ •/Joe knew that his chance to get an "A" was gone with the wind when he saw how hard the test was./ Compare: DOWN THE DRAIN.
[good] See: AS GOOD AS, AS GOOD AS ONE GETS, BUT GOOD, DO ONE GOOD, FOR GOOD, FOR GOOD MEASURE, GET THE GOODS ON, HOLD GOOD, IN GOOD, IN GOOD FAITH, IN GOOD TIME, IN ONE’S GOOD GRACES, IT’S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD, MAKE GOOD, MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE, NO GOOD, ON ONE’S GOOD BEHAVIOR, ON ONE’S GOOD SIDE, SO FAR, SO GOOD, STAND IN GOOD STEAD, TO THE GOOD, WELL AND GOOD, WITH GOOD GRACE.
[good and ---]{adv.}, {informal} Very; completely. •/John’s father was good and mad when John came home late./ •/Jack knew good and well that Tom had thrown the snowball at him./ •/I pushed Bill good and hard./ •/Susan wouldn’t come out till she was good and ready./ •/I beat Joe good and proper in the game of marbles./
[good as] See: AS GOOD AS.
[good as one’s promise] See: AS GOOD AS ONE’S WORD.
[good as one’s word] See: AS GOOD AS ONE’S WORD.
[good buddy]{n.}, {slang}, {citizen’s hand radio jargon} Salutation used by truckers and automobile drivers who have CB radios. •/What’s the Smokey situation, good buddy?/
[good command] See: HAVE A GOOD COMMAND OF.