G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[go-between] {n.}
An intermediary.
They expect Mr. Smith to act as a go-between in the dispute between management and labor.
[go bust] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To become bankrupt.
Our company lost a lot of money and went bust.
Compare: [BELLY UP].
[go by] {v.}
1. To go or move past; pass.
Bob had to go by the post office on his way to school, so he mailed the letter.
2. To follow; copy; obey.
Mother goes by a pattern when she makes a dress.
* /You will find Main Street without […]
[go by the board] also [pass by the board] {v. phr.}
To go away or disappear forever, be forgotten or not used.
Tom had several chances to go to college, but he let them go by the board.
* /Grandfather said he was too old to go to the beach. […]
[go by the name of] {v. phr.}
To be called.
Adolf Schicklegruber went by the name of Adolf Hitler.
[go chase oneself] {v. phr.}, {slang}
Go away and stop being a nuisance.
John's father was busy and told him to go chase himself.
The owner of the store told the boys in front to go chase themselves.
Compare: [BEAT IT], [GO JUMP IN THE LAKE].
[God]
See:
[IN THE LAP OF THE GODS] also [ON THE KNEES OF THE GODS],
[MY GOD] or [MY GOODNESS],
[WOULD THAT] or [WOULD GOD].
[God forbid] {interj.}
May God prevent (something from happening); I hope that will not happen or is not true.
Someone told the worried mother that her son might have drowned. She said, "God forbid!"
* /God forbid that the dam break and flood the […]