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Phrase(s): go with something
1. Lit. to accompany something agreeably. • Milk doesn’t go with grapefruit. • Pink doesn’t go with orange. 2. Fig. to choose something (over something else). • I think I’ll go with the yellow one. • We decided to go with the oak table rather than the walnut one., Phrase(s): go with (someone or something)
to depart in the company of someone or a group. • Jim’s not here. He went with the last busload. • I’m leaving now. Do you want to go with?, Phrase(s): go with someone [and] go steady with someone
to have a romantic relationship with someone. (Go steady is dated.) • Sally has been going with Mark for two months now. • He wants to go steady with her. He doesn’t want her to see other guys.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Also, go out with. Accompany; also, date regularly. For example, When I leave, do you want to go with me? or Jerry has been going out with Frieda for two years. [Mid-1500s] 2. Be associated with, as in His accent goes with his background. [c. 1600] 3. Take the side of someone, as in I'll go with you in defending his right to speak freely. [Mid-1400s] Also see GO ALONG, def. 2. 4. Also, go well with. Look good with, match. For example, This chair goes well with the rest of the furniture, or That color doesn't go with the curtains. [Early 1700]
American Heritage Idioms