To go with, verb. phr. (colloquial).—1. To agree or harmonise with. See Gee.
2. (colloquial).—To share the sexual embrace. For synonyms, see Greens and Ride.
On the go, adv. phr. (colloquial).—On the move; restlessly active.
No go, adv. phr. (colloquial).—Of no use; not to be done; a complete failure. Frequently contracted to N.G.
1835. Dickens, Sketches by Boz, p. 18. I know something about this here family, and my opinion is, it’s no go.
1853. Diogenes, vol. II., p. 271. Dear master, don’t think of me ill; If I say—as the lists are no go—You’ve in future no fear for the till!
1884. Notes and Queries, 6 S., x., p. 125. There were on the occasion so many rounds and so many no goes.
1888. Puck’s Library, May, p. 12. He thought a moment, and shook his head. It’s no go was the dictum.
1890. Punch, 22 Feb., p. 85. He’s a long-winded lot, is Buchanan, slops over tremenjous, he do;… But cackle and splutter ain’t swimming; so Robert, my nabs, it’s no go.
1892. J. McCarthy and Mrs. Campbell-Praed, Ladies’ Gallery, p. 84. She sees it is no go with the baronet.