Definitions

go at

VERB

address

Synonyms

STRONGEST

focus on give try

STRONG

dig direct turn undertake

WEAK

apply oneself to attend to concentrate on devote oneself to engage in go for hammer away have a go at have at knuckle down to peg away pitch into plug away at take care of take up throw oneself into turn to

Antonyms

WEAK

avoid cut disregard ignore overlook pass shun slight

VERB

aggress

Synonyms

STRONG

assail assault beset charge fight quarrel storm strike

WEAK

have at lunge at

Antonyms

STRONG

agree make peace

VERB

contend

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allege assert charge claim defend dispute insist maintain say tell urge

STRONG

affirm aver avow blast cross debate dictate enjoin hold justify mix prescribe report rip vindicate warrant zap

WEAK

come at fly in face of gang up on have at have bone to pick jump on lace into lay into let have it light into lock horns with mix it up put up argument set to sock it to one stick it to take on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny desert forget question

STRONG

divide separate unmix

WEAK

abandon cede give in give up leave retreat surrender

Example Sentences

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If Joel needed to run to Home Depot or fill his car up with gas, he’d go at night, when it seemed raids weren’t going on.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

"She has a go at people in the queue, then they find out she is not meant to be at this particular concert," he said.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

You have to go at it another way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

They were level with nine-man Hibs with four minutes to go at Easter Road on Sunday.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“I am to go at the day’s end, after work is done.”

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

go at

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