Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 261 . giveaway - something that is given away free, an act of giving something away, an unintential betrayal of a secret or repressed feeling or plan Our supervisor's speech was a giveaway. Now, I know that he is planning to retire. given to understand (something) - to understand something plainly and clearly I was given to understand that I could rent an apartment very cheaply in this area. glad hand - to shake hands in a friendly way The politician likes to glad hand people at the shopping center. gloss (something) over - to try to make what is wrong or bad seem unimportant, to hide something The accountant tried to gloss over the amount of money that the company lost last year. glutton for punishment - a person who likes difficult or unpleasant tasks My friend is a glutton for punishment and he will always do the most difficult jobs available. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 262 gnash one's teeth - to grind one's teeth I gnashed my teeth before I went to talk to my boss. go Idioms go a long way toward (something) - to be almost enough, to contribute much to something The money from the government will go a long way toward building a new library. go about one's business - to be busy or start working on something Everybody is going about their business again after the holidays. go after (someone) - to try to catch someone The police decided to go after the cars that were speeding near the school. go after (something) - to attempt to get something, to strive for something Our team will go after the championship again this year. go against the grain - to go against the natural direction or inclination of something The man's unfriendly attitude goes against the grain of the usually friendly company. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 263 go ahead - to move forward It was difficult to go ahead quickly in the line. go ahead with (something) - to begin to do something, to continue with something "Let`s go ahead and start now. We can`t wait any longer." The city plans to go ahead with the plan to build a new stadium. go all out - to use all of one's energy/resources We plan to go all out for my sister's wedding. go along - to move along, to continue The man invents his stories as he goes along. go along with (someone) - to go with someone, to accompany someone I plan to go along with my friend to the ice cream parlor. go along with (someone or something) - to agree with someone, to accept someone's decision or suggestion Everybody went along with my idea to have a party on the weekend. go ape - to become very excited, to behave in a crazy way My father went ape when he heard how much money I had spent. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 264 go around - to go from one place or person to another We plan to go around to several shops until we find a cheap computer. go around in circles - to do something without making any progress My friend has been going around in circles and has not made any progress with his essay. go around the bend - to go crazy The apartment manager seems to be going around the bend. go astray - to be led into error or wrongdoing (a person), to be mislaid (an object) The young boy went astray after spending much time with the older boys. My calculator went astray and I cannot find it. go at it - to fight or argue with someone When I entered the room the two men were going at it loudly. go at it hammer and tongs - to fight or argue with great strength or energy The couple go at it hammer and tongs every evening. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 265 go at it tooth and nail - to fight or argue with great strength or energy The couple were going at it tooth and nail when the police arrived. go away empty-handed - to depart with nothing The boy went away empty-handed after he asked his father for more money. go back on one's word - to break one's promise My supervisor went back on his word when he refused to give me a day off. go bad - to become rotten/bad The apples will go bad if they are not eaten soon. go bananas - to go crazy or become silly, to become angry The father went bananas after he discovered that his son had taken the family car. go begging - to be unwanted or unused Much food went begging when fewer people than expected came to the dinner. go broke - to lose all of one`s money The company went broke and many people lost their jobs. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 266 go by the book - to follow the rules exactly Most police officers go by the book when they arrest a criminal. go cold turkey - to stop doing something (usually a bad habit) suddenly I decided to go cold turkey and quit smoking. go down fighting - to continue to struggle until one is defeated The politician plans to go down fighting to try to keep his job. go down in history - to be remembered as an important historical event The concert will go down in history as the biggest in the world. go downhill - to become worse and worse The local economy has been going downhill for many years. go Dutch - to each pay for themselves (used for two people) We always go Dutch when we go on a date. go easy on (someone or something) - to be kind or gentle with someone or something I asked my friend to go easy on my car when he borrowed it. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 267 go for broke - to risk everything on one big effort, to try as hard as possible We are going for broke to try and win the new contract. go for it - to decide to do something in an enthusiastic way, to try for something We decided to go for it and try to climb the mountain. go for (something) - to try to get something, to desire something I have decided to go for the new job at the computer center. go from bad to worse - to get worse, to deteriorate Things are going from bad to worse in our company. go-getter - an ambitious person who works hard to become successful My friend is a go-getter. He works hard and is very successful. go great guns - to do something very fast or with great energy The workers were going great guns when I saw them this morning. go halves - to share equally We decided to go halves on buying a new computer. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 268 go haywire - to become damaged, to stop working properly At first, things were going well but later our plans began to go haywire. go hog-wild - to behave wildly The little boys went hog-wild during the birthday party. go in for (something) - to choose something as one's particular interest, to occupy oneself with something My friend is going to university and will go in for medicine. Many of the students are going in for water sports recently. go in one ear and out the other - to hear something but then quickly forget it Everything that the teacher says goes in one ear and out the other for my friend. go into detail - to present and discuss the details of something The lawyer refused to go into detail about his client's problems. go into effect - to become effective (a law or a rule), to start to function The new parking regulations will go into effect next week. go into hiding - to conceal oneself in a hiding place for a period of time The bank robbers went into hiding after the bank robbery. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 269 go into hock - to go into debt I do not want to go into hock in order to buy a new stereo system. go into orbit - to lose one`s temper, to become very angry The bank manager went into orbit when he learned about the missing money. go it alone - to do something by oneself Nobody would help us so we had to go it alone with the project. go jump in a lake - to go away and quit bothering someone My friend wanted to borrow some money from me but I told her to go jump in a lake. go like clockwork - to progress in a regular and dependable way Everything was going like clockwork when suddenly the lights went out. go off - to explode The firecracker went off before I could put it down. go off - to begin to ring or buzz The fire alarm started to go off just as we entered the building. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 270 go off half-cocked - to act or speak without thinking Our boss often goes off half-cocked when he is at a meeting. go off on a tangent - to suddenly change one's line of thought or course of action The speaker suddenly went off on a tangent and began to speak about something totally different. go off (somewhere) - to leave/depart for somewhere My friend went off on a trip and did not say good-bye. go off the deep end - to become angry or emotional The man went off the deep end when he saw his picture in the paper. go on - to continue The game will probably go on for an hour after we leave. go on - to talk for too long My friend started to go on about his problems so I decided to leave. go on - to be put on something, to fit on something The top of the jar would not go on so I threw it in the garbage. . behave wildly The little boys went hog-wild during the birthday party. go in for (something) - to choose something as one's particular interest, to occupy oneself with something My friend. someone, to accept someone's decision or suggestion Everybody went along with my idea to have a party on the weekend. go ape - to become very excited, to behave in a crazy way My father. circles and has not made any progress with his essay. go around the bend - to go crazy The apartment manager seems to be going around the bend. go astray - to be led into error or wrongdoing