go for

go for is a common verb phrase in English it has many different meanings the simple form is go for the past tense is went for and the past participle is gone for use go for when asking about a price how much does this go for it goes or and then here is the amount to make the past tense change the helping verb to did how much did this or you can just use it go for and the answer and the past tense would be it went for and then the dollar amount do you want to go for a walk or I can change this when inviting another person to an activity we can say something like this do you want to go for a run do you want to go for a jog do you want to go for a drive do you want to go for a drive in my car do you want to go for a ride this will be used for a car or a bike or a horse let's go for a walk let's go for a drive let's go for a ride if there's something that you really want then use the modal verb can and then the verb phrase go for and then the thing that you want I can go for cold drink or I can really go for and then the thing that you want I can really go for pizza this is the thing that I really want you can use go for when describing a person's preference especially in another person for example she goes for guys who are athletic this means that she likes men who are into sports or who are physically fit he goes for girls who have nice personalities this means that he likes women or girls who are knights or who are pleasant when talking about a person who is attending college or a university you'll hear this expression used he's going for a degree in and then whatever this area is he's going for a degree in finance he's going for a degree in education he's going for a degree in biology what kind of a degree are you going for this is an expression that uses go for he's gone for good this means that a person has died or has left and is not coming back they're gone for good this is for more than one person the people have died or they have left she wants to start her own business she should go for it or if talking directly to the person who wants to do this then all you would say is go for it this is in the form of a command or it's the imperative form the subject is you don't go for that this means that you should not believe something that another person says or there's a message that is not correct there's something that is corrupt or that is misleading I didn't go for it I didn't go for it or that meaning that I didn't believe it I didn't trust it I didn't think it was true you

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Published: Wed Jun 05 2019