GO FOR (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of GO FOR (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

go for somebody/something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ go )

1 . ATTACK British English to attack or criticize someone:

The dog suddenly went for me.

2 . TRY TO GET SOMETHING to try to get or win something:

Jackson is going for his second gold medal here.

go for it spoken (=used to encourage someone to try to achieve something)

If you really want the job, go for it!

⇨ go for broke at ↑ broke 2 (3)

3 . CHOOSE British English to choose something:

I think I’ll go for the chocolate cake.

4 . I could/would go for something spoken used to say that you would like to do or have something:

A full meal for less than five bucks! I could go for that!

5 . LIKE informal to like a particular type of person or thing:

Annie tends to go for older men.

6 . the same goes for somebody/something ( also that goes for somebody/something too ) spoken used to say that a statement you have just made is true about someone or something else too:

Close all doors and lock them when you go out. The same goes for windows.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.