here goes

Idioms  

1. An expression or exclamation declaring one's resolution to do something, as in This hill is steeper than any I've skied before, but here goes! This usage is sometimes amplified to here goes nothing , meaning one is starting something that one doubts will succeed, as in I've never tried this before, but here goes nothing . [Early 1800s]

2. here one goes again . Someone is repeating the same action or speech, especially an undesirable one. For example, Here he goes again, criticizing all his colleagues , or The power's out—here we go again . [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

The danger here goes beyond the podcast cabal and a misguided think-tank leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

“Well, I’ve been dreading this day ever since the blind audition so here goes nothin’.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Part of the credit here goes to WSU’s offensive line, which has really languished in the run-blocking game this season.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

But here goes: “She’s the Goop-founding, door-sliding, Shakespeare-in-loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar. He’s a retired optometrist from Utah. In 2016, they went skiing.”

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2023

“As I recall, in the old times we almost died a lot But okay, here goes nothing.”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan