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the word is go

idiom

Indicates that given plans or actions can proceed.


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  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    bad word

    A vulgar word.

  5. 05

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  6. 06

    breathe a word

    To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative).

  7. 07

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  8. 08

    Dicky

    [Cockney slang]word

    via dickie bird

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