# have a go

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/have-a-go
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To attack someone physically; to have a fight.

## Examples

- The two men started to have a go at each other.
- The pub was quiet until two strangers began to have a go at each other near the bar.
- Tensions escalated rapidly in the crowded square, and before the police could intervene, the rival groups began to have a go at one another.

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