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English
Noun
great-go (plural great-gos or great-goes)
- Alternative form of great go
1840, “A (Very) Free Imitation of the First Eclogue of Vergil”, in Charles Whibley, editor, In Cap and Gown, 3rd edition, published 1898, page 170:So many of the men I know / Were "flummox'd" at the last great-go;
1856, William Makepeace Thackeray, The King of Brentford's Testament:At school they never flogg'd him, / At college, though not fast, / Yet his little-go and great-go / He creditably pass'd, / And made his year's allowance / For eighteen months to last.