1888. Harper’s Mag., vol. LXXVII., p. 689. Determination to make the venture a go.
7. (gaming). The last card at cribbage, or the last piece at dominoes. When a player is unable to follow the lead, he calls a go!
8. (old.)—A dandy (q.v. for synonyms); a very heavy swell indeed, one in the extreme of fashion.
1821. Egan, Tom and Jerry [people’s ed.], p. 35. In the parks, Tom was the go among the goes.
Verb (American political).—1. To vote; to be in favour of. Cf., Go for.
2. (colloquial).—To succeed; to achieve. Cf., Go down.
1866. Public Opinion, 13 Jan., p. 51, c. 1. His London-street railway scheme didn’t go. [[161]]
1870. H. D. Traill, ‘On the Watch.’ Sat. Songs, p. 22. Eh, waddyer say? Don’t it go? Ho, yes! my right honnerble friend. It’s go and go over the left, it’s go with a hook at the end.
3. (colloquial).—To wager; to risk. Hence to stand treat; to afford.
1768. Goldsmith, Good Natured Man, Act iii. Men that would go forty guineas on a game of cribbage.