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Verb: go for
  1. Be pertinent, relevant or applicable
    "The same rules go for everyone";
    - apply, hold
     
  2. Give an affirmative reply to; respond favourably to
    "I go for this resolution";
    - accept, consent
     
  3. Intend with some possibility of fulfilment
    - hope
     
  4. Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
    "She went for a necklace that she had seen in the jeweller's window";
    - fancy, take to
     
  5. Make an attempt at achieving something
    - try for

Derived forms: gone for, goes for, went for, going for

Type of: be after, bear on, come to, compete, concern, contend, desire, have to do with, pertain, plan, react, refer, relate, reply, respond, touch, touch on, vie, want