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  • as inaddress
  • as inattempt
  • as inengage
  • as inpursue
  • as inseek
  • as intake on

synonyms for have a go at

  • focus on
  • give
  • try
  • dig
  • direct
  • turn
  • undertake
  • apply oneself to
  • attend to
  • concentrate on
  • devote oneself to
  • engage in
  • go at
  • go for
  • hammer away
  • have at
  • knuckle down to
  • peg away
  • pitch into
  • plug away at
  • take care of
  • take up
  • throw oneself into
  • turn to

antonyms for have a go at

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  • avoid
  • cut
  • disregard
  • ignore
  • overlook
  • pass
  • shun
  • slight
  • forget
  • neglect
  • be lazy
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How to use have a go at in a sentence

Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX
Were you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOE
He desired his secretary to go to the devil, but, thinking better of it, he recalled him as he reached the door.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
All Weimar adores him, and people say that women still go perfectly crazy over him.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
To see a part of my scheme, from which I had hoped so much, go wrong before my eyes is maddening!
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
It was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
But she told Grandfather Mole that it was all right—that she knew a person of his age ought not to go without his breakfast.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
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WORDS RELATED TO HAVE A GO AT

  • apply oneself to
  • attend to
  • concentrate on
  • devote oneself to
  • dig
  • direct
  • engage in
  • focus on
  • give
  • go at
  • go for
  • hammer away
  • have a go at
  • have at
  • knuckle down to
  • peg away
  • pitch into
  • plug away at
  • take care of
  • take up
  • throw oneself into
  • try
  • turn
  • turn to
  • undertake
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.