1. go for broke—risk everything—It’s not a good idea to go for broke in Las Vegas. You could lose everything you have!
2. go out of business—close down—A lot of stores have gone out of business during the past couple of years.
3. go out on a limb—put yourself in a risky position—If you mortgage your house to buy a car, you’re really going out on a limb!
4. go over someone’s head—ask a person’s boss because that person won’t help you—When the clerk wouldn’t give me a refund, I had to go over his head and get the manager.
5. go overboard—be overly excited or do too much—A lot of parents go overboard and have really big birthday parties for their kids.
6. go with the flow—not put up any opposition to other people’s plans or ideas—Sometimes, it’s easier to just go with the flow than to try to change somebody.
7. going down/going on—what’s happening at a particular time or place—We heard sirens, but we didn’t know what was going down/going on.
8. grease someone’s palms—bribe people—Unfortunately, there are a lot of business owners who grease politicians’ palms and get laws passed in their favor.
