GO FOR Definition & Meaning

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go for

verb

to go somewhere in order to have or fetch
shall I go for a doctor?
he went for a drink
to seek to obtain
I'd go for that job if I were you
to apply to
what I told him goes for you too
to prefer or choose; like
I really go for that new idea of yours
to be to the advantage of
you'll have great things going for you in the New Year
to make a physical or verbal attack on
to be considered to be of a stated importance or value
his twenty years went for nothing when he was made redundant
go for it informal.
to make the maximum effort to achieve a particular goal

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Parents who started fostering after their grown-up children left home encouraged others to "just go for it".

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"In the time I've been here, we've had two decisions that have gone for us against Liverpool and there has been a national campaign," he said.

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It finished 1-1 when these two sides met at the Vitality Stadium before Christmas and I am pretty sure the BBC readers will go for a draw this time too.

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"We went for a scan and the doctor said we should go back in a couple of days," she said.

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Owner Stewart Andrew clearly thinks he's a rocket - he eyed Cheltenham Gold Cup, but trainer preferred to go for the National.

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