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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Go \Go\, n.
     1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.]
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              So gracious were the goes of marriage. --Marston.
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     2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang]
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              This is a pretty go.                  --Dickens.
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     3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]
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     4. Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]
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     5. A glass of spirits. [Slang]
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     6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance;
        push; as, there is no go in him. [Colloq.]
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     7. (Cribbage) That condition in the course of the game when a
        player can not lay down a card which will not carry the
        aggregate count above thirty-one.
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     8. Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he
        made a go of it; also, an agreement.
  
              ``Well,'' said Fleming, ``is it a go?'' --Bret
                                                    Harte.
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     Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary
        examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.]
  
     No go, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] --Thackeray.
  
     On the go, moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Go \Go\, n.
     1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.]
  
              So gracious were the goes of marriage. --Marston.
  
     2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang]
  
              This is a pretty go.                  --Dickens.
  
     3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]
  
     4. Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]
  
     5. A glass of spirits. [Slang]
  
     6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance;
        push; as, there is no go in him. [Colloq.]
  
     7. (Cribbage) That condition in the course of the game when a
        player can not lay down a card which will not carry the
        aggregate count above thirty-one.
  
     Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary
        examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.]
  
     No go, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] --Thackeray.
  
     On the go, moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  on the go
       adj : (of a person) very busy and active; "is always on the go"
             [syn: on the go(p)]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  on the go
     prep.phr.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Actively traveling; busy; moving often.
     2 In progress; having started.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  on the go
     prep.phr.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Actively traveling; busy; moving often.
     2 In progress; having started.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  on the go
     prep.phr.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Actively traveling; busy; moving often.
     2 In progress; having started.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  on the go
     prep.phr.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Actively traveling; busy; moving often.
     2 In progress; having started.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  on the go /ɒnðə ɡˈəʊ/
  v pohybu

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  on the go /ɒnðə ɡˈəʊ/
  1. liikkeellä, menossa
  actively traveling
  2. työn alla
  started

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "on the go":
     astir, at it, at work, busy, employed, en route, engaged,
     full of business, hard at it, hard at work, in harness, in motion,
     in transit, occupied, on duty, on the bum, on the gad, on the hop,
     on the job, on the jump, on the move, on the road, on the run,
     on the tramp, on the wing, tied up, under sail, under way,
     working
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     走来走去,在活动,在忙碌

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