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[go on]  {v.}

1a. To continue; not stop.

After he was hit by the ball, Billy quit pitching and went home, but the game went on.

The TV picture began to jump, and it went on like that until Father turned a knob.

* /I asked Jane a question but  […]

[go on record]  {v. phr.}

To make an official statement as opposed to an informal one; say something officially that may be quoted with the person's name added for reference.

* /I want to go on record that I oppose the merger with the firm of  […]

[go on the rocks]

See: [ON THE ROCKS].

[go one's way]  {v. phr.}

1. To start again or continue to where you are going.

The milkman left the milk and went his way.

The man stopped and asked me for a match, then went his way.

Compare: [GO ALONG], [GO ON].

2. To go or act the way you  […]

[goose]

See:

[COOK ONE'S GOOSE],

[FOX AND GEESE],

[KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG],

[GONE GOOSE].

[goose bumps] or [goose pimples]  {n. plural},  {informal}

Small bumps that come on a person's skin when he gets cold or afraid.

Nancy gets goose bumps when she sees a snake.

* /Ann, put on your sweater; you're so cold you have goose pimples on your  […]

[go or drive to the wall]

See: [TO THE WALL].

[go out]  {v. phr.}

1. To pass out of date or style.

Short skirts are gradually going out.

2. To stop giving off light or burning.

Put more wood on the fire or it will go out.

3. To leave.

* /When I called Sue, her mother said that she had  […]

[go out for] or [come out for]  {v. phr.}

To try for a place on (an athletic team.)

Ten boys went out for track that spring.

[go out of business]  {v. phr.}

To cease functioning as a commercial enterprise.