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go for

verb

to go somewhere in order to have or fetch
shall I go for a doctor?
he went for a drink
to seek to obtain
I'd go for that job if I were you
to apply to
what I told him goes for you too
to prefer or choose; like
I really go for that new idea of yours
to be to the advantage of
you'll have great things going for you in the New Year
to make a physical or verbal attack on
to be considered to be of a stated importance or value
his twenty years went for nothing when he was made redundant
go for it informal.
to make the maximum effort to achieve a particular goal

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This go-for-broke style earned Miller more DNFs than finishes in his World Cup circuit debut.

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