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G — Golden-robin to Gradus (Part 4 of 10)

    2. Explode, be discharged.
    3. Sell, be sold, be taken.
    4. Die, decease, depart this life.

Go on.

    1. Proceed, advance, go ahead, move forward.
    2. Progress, make progress, get along.
    3. Continue, persist, persevere, keep on, hold out.
    4. Be put on (as a garment), be drawn on.

Go on a fool’s errand. Go on a wild-goose chase. See go a wool-gathering.

Go on a sleeveless errand. See go a wool-gathering.

Go on a wild-goose chase. See go a wool-gathering.

Go one’s way. Depart, take one’s departure, move on, set forth, jog on, be off.

Go on tick. Run up a bill, run up a score, get trusted, go on credit, tick.

Goosander, n. Dishwasher, wagtail, dun-diver (Mergus merganser or Mergus castor).

Goose, n.

    1. Tailor’s smoothing iron.
    2. Simpleton, fool. See dunce.

Goose-grass, n. Cleavers, hariff, catch-weed, scratch-weed (Galium aparine).

Go out.

    1. Issue, go forth.
    2. Go abroad, go out of doors.
    3. Expire, become extinct, be extinguished, be quenched, be put out.