Phrasal Verbs with Go: List, Examples & Exercises

Study Phrasal Verbs with Go by level using the links below. You can also find a comprehensive list and the exercises at the bottom of the page.

Phrasal Verbs with Go – Elementary A1-A2
- Exercise – Elementary
Phrasal Verbs with Go – Pre-Intermediate A2-B1
- Exercise – Pre-Intermediate
Phrasal Verbs with Go – Intermediate B1-B2
- Exercise – Intermediate
List of all Phrasal Verbs with Go
Phrasal Verbs with Go Exercises

Phrasal Verbs with Go – Elementary A1-A2

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Phrasal Verb	Meaning	Example
go away	leave	Please go away and let me work.
go back (to)	return	Let’s go back to the beginning.
go by	(time) pass	As the years go by…
go out	leave home / stop burning	We went out for dinner. / The fire went out.
go up	increase	Prices have gone up.
go down	decrease	Prices went down.
go on	continue	Please go on with your story.
go with	match / accompany	That shirt goes with your jacket.

Exercise – Elementary

Phrasal Verbs with Go – Pre-Intermediate A2-B1

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Phrasal Verb	Meaning	Example
go ahead (with)	proceed	You can go ahead with the project.
go along (with)	agree	I’ll go along with your plan.
go after	pursue	She’s going after a promotion.
go for	try to get / choose / attack	She went for the last slice.
go in (for)	enter a competition	He went in for the contest.
go into	enter / explain in detail	She went into the room.
go off	ring/explode / spoil	The alarm went off.
go over	review	Let’s go over the report.

Exercise – Pre-Intermediate

Phrasal Verbs with Go – Intermediate B1-B2

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Phrasal Verb	Meaning	Example
go about	deal with (a task)	How do you go about that matter?
go around	circulate / behave	The flu is going around.
go down with	become ill with	He went down with the flu.
go without	live without	We had to go without electricity.
go on about	talk too much	He goes on about his car.
go through	experience / search	She’s going through a tough time.
go through with	complete something difficult	He went through with the operation.
go under	fail / collapse	The company went under.

Exercise – Intermediate

List of all Phrasal Verbs with Go

Here’s a comprehensive list of phrasal verbs with go, their meaning, if they can be split by an object, and an example.

Phrasal Verb	Split	Meaning	Example Sentence
go after	Never	pursue or try to get something	She’s going after a promotion.
go about	Never	deal with something	Have you decided how to go about that matter?
go ahead (with)	Never	proceed	You can go ahead with the project.
go along (with)	Never	agree or comply	I’ll go along with your plan.
go around	Never	circulate * spread * behave in a certain way	The flu is going around. * He goes around** acting like a boss.
go away	Never	leave or disappear	Please go away and let me work.
go back (to)	Never	return to a place or point in a project	Let’s go back to the beginning.
go by	Never	pass (time)	As the years go by, things change.
go down	Never	decrease *** happen	Prices went down. * The meeting went down** badly.
go down with	Never	become ill with	He went down with the flu.
go for	Never	try to get * choose * attack	She went for the last slice. * The dog went for** him.
go in (for)	Never	enter (a competition)	He went in for the photography contest.
go into	Never	enter *** explain in detail	She went into the room. * He went into** great detail.
go off	Never	explode, sound *** spoil, expire (food)	The alarm went off. * The milk has gone off**.
go on	Never	continue *** happen	Please go on with your story. * What went on** last night?
go on about	Never	talk too much about something	He goes on about his car all the time.
go out	Never	leave home * stop burning * have a romantic relationship	We went out for dinner. * The fire went out**.
go over	Never	review or examine carefully	Let’s go over the report one more time.
go through	Never	experience *** search, complete	She’s going through a tough time. * I went through** my notes.
go through with	Never	complete something difficult or unpleasant	He finally went through with the operation.
go under	Never	sink / fail	The company went under after two years.
go up	Never	rise, increase	Rent prices have gone up again.
go with	Never	match *** accompany	That shirt goes with your jacket. * I’ll go with you** to the museum.
go without	Never	not have or live without something	We had to go without electricity for two days.

Please note that Phrasal verbs more common in United States are followed by 🇺🇸, and Phrasal Verbs more common in United Kingdom are followed by 🇬🇧.

In the split column you’ll find information about separating them, if it show “always” it means we always split the phrasal verb to add an object. “Possible” means that you can separate it or not. Finally, “never” means we should never separate that phrasal verb.