I
n. ( colloq. )
attempt
1) a ~ at (let's have a ~ at it)
misc.
2) to make a ~ of it ('to get along'); always on the ~
II
v.
1) ( d ; intr. ) ('to proceed') to ~ about (to ~ about one's business)
2) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ across ('to cross') (to ~ across a river)
3) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ against ('to be opposed to'); ('to be unfavorable to') (this ~es against my principles; to ~ against the grain; the war began to ~ against them)
4) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ beyond ('to exceed') (to ~ beyond the call of duty)
5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to pass') to ~ by (to ~ by smb.'s house)
6) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ by ('to follow') (to ~ by the rules)
7) ( d ; intr. ) ('to be known') to ~ by (he used to ~ by another name)
8) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ down ('to descend') (to ~ down a hill)
9) ( d ; intr. ) ('to leave') to ~ for (to ~ for a drive; to ~ for a walk; to ~ for the doctor)
10) ( d ; intr. ) ('to be spent') to ~ for (half our money ~es for food) (see also 21)
11) ( d ; intr. ) ('to be sold') to ~ for (the painting went for a hundred dollars)
12) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to attack') (he went straight for me; to ~ for the jugular)
13) ( d ; intr. ) ('to try') to ~ for (she went for the first prize)
14) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to concern') (what he said ~es for you too)
15) ( colloq. ) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to like') (I could ~ for her; we could ~ for a drink)
16) ( d ; intr. ) ('to move') to ~ from; to (to ~ from the ridiculous to the sublime)
17) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to enter') (to ~ into town; to ~ into the army; to ~ into detail)
18) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ off ('to leave') (to ~ off duty; the train went off the tracks; to ~ off the air)
19) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ on ('to leave') (to ~ on a trip)
20) ( colloq. ) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ on ('to judge by'); ('to rely on') (we must ~ on the assumption that he'll agree; we don't have much to ~ on)
21) ( esp. BE ) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ on ('to be spent for') (half our money ~es on food) (see also 10)
22) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ out of ('to leave') (to ~ out of the house)
23) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ over ('to examine') (to ~ over the books)
24) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to be sold out in') (the dictionary went through three printings)
25) ( d ; intr. ) ('to pass') to ~ through (to ~ through a red light; to ~ through a door)
26) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to endure') (she went through a lot)
27) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to spend, squander') (he went through his inheritance in six months)
28) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to repeat') (to ~ through the main points again)
29) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to conduct') (to ~ through a ceremony)
30) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to examine') (to ~ through the books)
31) ( d ; intr. ) ('to travel') to ~ to (we went to Alaska)
32) ( d ; intr. ) ('to move') to ~ to (she went to the door)
33) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to attend') (to ~ to school; to ~ to college)
34) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to be received by') (the estate went to her; first prize went to my cousin)
35) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to reach') (this road ~es to town; the railway ~es to the border)
36) ( d ; intr. ) ('to move') to ~ towards (she went towards the exit)
37) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ towards ('to be devoted to') (our contributions went towards setting up a shelter for the homeless)
38) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ up ('to ascend') (to ~ up a hill)
39) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ with ('to date'); ('to be a companion to') (Jim ~es with Nancy)
40) ( d ; intr. ) ('to combine') to ~ with (what verb ~es with that noun?)
41) ( E ; usu. in progressive tenses) ('to intend, plan') we are ~ing to see them; that just ~es to show you that I'm right
42) ( G ) to ~ shopping
43) (s) to ~ unnoticed; everything went wrong
44) ( misc. ) to ~ abroad; to ~ bad ('to be corrupted'); ('to turn sour'); to ~ bankrupt; to ~ to bed; to ~ begging ('to be in little demand'); to ~ broke ('to run out of money'); ( BE ) to ~ to the country ('to hold a general election'); to ~ easy on smb. ('to treat smb. leniently'); to ~ to great expense ('to spend a great deal'); to ~ to extremes; to ~ native ('to behave like the natives'); to ~ overboard ('to exaggerate'); to ~ to pieces ('to disintegrate'); to ~ to press ('to be printed'); to ~ to sea ('to become a sailor'); to ~ steady ( esp. AE ) ('to be a boyfriend or girlfriend'); to ~ to trial (the case went to trial); to ~ to waste ('to be wasted'); to ~ wrong ('to be corrupted'); to ~ from bad to worse ('to become much worse'); she has a lot ~ing for her ('she has many advantages')