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Common English Collocations with GO

  • go home
  • go bankrupt
  • go crazy
  • go shopping
  • go abroad
  • go to my house
  • go for a run
  • go for a walk
  • go belly up
    often referring a businesses that fail completely and have to close.
    • The business went belly up after just a year of trading.
    • Last year the business went belly up after one of the partner resigned.
  • go into the office
    • He says that before the pandemic, he used to go into the office every day despite a faily long commute.
  • make up
    to replace sth that has been lost; to compensate for sth
    • Can I leave early this afternoon and make up the time tomorrow?
    • The firm can basically make that up in other dimensions.
  • save up for sb/sth
    • We've been saving up to go to Australia.
  • save up on sth
    • The firm can basically make that up in other dimensions. And so in particular in saving up on floor space costs.