1.
If you ~ a particular thing or way of doing something, you choose it.
People tried to persuade him to ~ a more gradual reform programme.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
2.
If you ~ someone or something, you like them very much. (INFORMAL)
I tend to ~ large dark men.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
3.
If you ~ someone, you attack them.
Pantieri went for him, gripping him by the throat.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
4.
If you say that a statement you have made about one person or thing also goes for another person or thing, you mean that the statement is also true of this other person or thing.
It is illegal to dishonour bookings; that goes for restaurants as well as customers.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
5.
If something goes for a particular price, it is sold for that amount.
Some old machines ~ as much as 35,000 pounds.
= fetch
PHRASAL VERB