go for sb
— phrasal verb with go /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
› to attack someone: Their dog had to be put to sleep after it went for the postwoman.Physical and sexual assault and abductionSexual activity in general
(Definition of go for sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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