go

verb [I not continuous] (BE ACCEPTABLE)

/ɡəʊ/

/ɡoʊ/ (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

B1 to look or be acceptable or suitable: That picture would go well on the wall in the living room. The TV would go nicely in that corner, wouldn't it? If I wear the orange hat with the blue dress, do you think it will go? Just remember that I'm the boss and what I say goes (= you have to accept what I say). My parents don't worry too much about what I get up to, and most of the time anything goes (= I can do what I want).Matching and co-ordinatingBeing suitable or unsuitable

(Definition of go verb (BE ACCEPTABLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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