Thug
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noun
- A stupid person
- A man hired to terrorize or eliminate opponents
- Enforcer
verb
- To continue on or as if on a journey
"life goes on"
- To keep on continue
"went on smoking"
- Proceed
"went on to win the election"
- To take place happen
"what's going on"
- To talk especially in an effusive manner
"the way people go on about their ancestors"
noun
- The act of attacking} with physical force or unfriendly words {sx
"the victim of a knife attack"
- A belligerent or antagonistic action
"launched an attack against his political opponents"
- A fit of sickness
- A period of being strongly affected by something (such as a desire or mood)
"an attack of the jitters"
- An aggressive attempt to take or extend a lead over others in a race (such as a bicycle race)
"… he crushed his rivals in the first mountain stages by going on relatively long solo attacks."
- An offensive or scoring action
"won the game with an 8-hit attack"
- Offensive players or the positions taken up by them
- The setting to work on some undertaking
"made a new attack on the problem"
- The beginning of destructive action (as by a chemical agent)
- The act or manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
verb
- To move on a course proceed
"go slow"
- To travel to a place
"goes to the office every morning"
- To travel to and stay in a place for a period of time
"went to Paris for a month"
- To move out of or away from a place expressed or implied leave, depart
"went from school to the party"
- To take a certain course or follow a certain procedure
"reports go through channels to the president"
- To pass by means of a process like journeying
"the message went by wire"
- To proceed without delay and often in a thoughtless or reckless manner
- Walk
- To be habitually in a certain state or condition
"go bareheaded"
- To become lost, consumed, or spent
"our time has gone"
- Die
- To slip away elapse
"the evening went quickly"
- To come to be given up or discarded
"this clutter has to go"
- To pass by sale
"went for a good price"
- To become impaired or weakened
"his hearing started to go"
- To give way especially under great force or pressure break
"the roof went"
- To move along in a specified manner fare
"everything was going well"
- To be in general or on an average
"cheap, as yachts go"
- To be or become especially as the result of a contest
"the election went in her favor"
- To turn out well succeed
"worked hard to make the party go"
- To apply oneself
"went to work on the problem"
- To put or subject oneself
"went to unnecessary expense"
- Intend
"I didn't go to do it"
- To have recourse to another for corroboration, vindication, or decision resort
"go to court to recover damages"
- To be guided, governed, or regulated
"We were just going by what we'd been told."
- To begin an action or motion
"here goes"
- To maintain or perform a certain action or motion
"still going strong"
- To function in the proper or expected manner run
"the motor won't go"
- To be known
"goes by an alias"
- To act in accordance or harmony
"a good rule to go by"
- To come to be determined
"dreams go by contraries"
- To come to be applied or appropriated
"all proceeds go to charity"
- To pass by award, assignment, or lot
"the prize went to a sophomore"
- To be about, intending, or expecting something
- Extend
"his knowledge fails to go very deep"
- To come or arrive at a certain state or condition
"go to sleep"
- To come to be become
"the tire went flat"
- To undergo a change
"leaves go from green to red"
- To be in phrasing or expression read
"as the story goes"
- To be capable of being sung or played
"the tune goes like this"
- To be compatible, suitable, or becoming harmonize
"the tie goes with his suit"
- To be capable of passing, extending, or being contained or inserted
"will these clothes go in your suitcase"
- To have a usual or proper place or position belong
"these books go on the top shelf"
- To have a tendency conduce
"it goes to show"
- To hold true be valid
"the rule goes for you, too"
- To empty the bladder or bowels
- to move on a course : proceed
- to travel to a place
- to travel to and stay in a place for a period of time
- To proceed along or according to follow
"if I were going his way"
- To travel through or along traverse
"went the length of the street"
- To make a wager of bet
"go a dollar on the outcome"
- To make an offer of bid
"willing to go $50 for the clock"
- To assume the function or obligation of
"promised to go bail for his friend"
- To participate to the extent of
"decided to go halves on the winnings"
- Yield, weigh
"this fish goes ten pounds"
- To put up with tolerate
"couldn't go the noise"
- Afford
"can't go the price"
- Enjoy
"I could go a soda"
- To cause (a characteristic sound) to occur
"the gun went bang"
- Say
- To engage in
"don't go telling everyone"
- To have a record of
"went 11–0 last season"
- to move on a course : proceed
- to travel to a place
- to travel to and stay in a place for a period of time
verb
- To go below the horizon set
"the sun went down"
- To fall to or as if to the ground
"the plane went down in flames"
- To become submerged sink
"the ship went down with all hands"
- To admit of being swallowed
"the medicine went down easily"
- To find acceptance
"will the plan go down with the farmers"
- To come to be remembered especially in posterity
"will he go down in history as a great president"
- To leave a university
- To undergo defeat or failure
- To become incapacitated
"went down with … acute tonsillitis"
- To take place happen
idiom
- To start broadcasting or being broadcast
"The station went on the air 25 years ago."
idiom
- To like or be interested in (something) very much.
idiom
- To not do what one said one would definitely do
idiom
- To break one's promise
"I told her I'd help. I can't go back on my word."
idiom
- To treat (someone) in a way that is not harsh or demanding
"The students might respond better if the teacher went (a little) easy on them."
- To use less of (something)
"My doctor said to go easy on fatty foods."
This clue was used on April 1, 2025.
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