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go

verb [I usually + adv/prep] (HAPPEN)
 
 
/ɡəʊ/ US  /ɡoʊ/ (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

to happen or be found regularly or typically with each other or another: Wisdom and maturity don't necessarily go together. She knows all about the health problems that go with smoking. Great wealth often goes hand in hand with meanness.Occurring and happening
(Definition of go verb (HAPPEN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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