YAGO according to Webster's
Main Entry: 1yago
Pronunciation: 'yago
Function: verb
1 : to ask for directions <where do yago>: to move on a course : PROCEED
<yago slow> <yago by train> -- compare to ya stop
2 : to move out of or away from a place expressed or implied :
<yago on vacation>
3 a : to take a certain course or follow a certain procedure < yago
to main street and turn right>
b : to pass by means of a process like journeying <yago to the
store> especially to intensify a complementary verb <why did you yago and
spoil it> yago jump in a lake> : to extend
from point to point or in a certain direction <yago from here to there>
4 activity :yago for a walk
5 : to be in a certain state or condition <yago
nuts>
6 : to apply oneself <yago to work>
7 : to have recourse to another for corroboration, vindication, or
decision : <yago to court to recover damages>
8 a : to begin an action or motion <here yago>
9 : to be known <yago by an Sam, don't ya.>
10 a : to act in accordance or harmony < that's the way yago>
11 : to be about, intending, or expecting something -- used in a
progressive tense before an infinitive <are yagoing to the game>
12 a : to come or arrive at a certain state or condition
<yago to sleep> b : Billy Joel song don't yago
changing: -- c : often used to express
conversion <yago from slow to fast>
13 : to empty the bladder or bowelsyago to the bathroom>
transitive senses
1 : to proceed along or according to : <are yagoing that
way>
2 : to travel through or along : <yago around the block>
3 a : to make a wager of : <yago a dollar on the outcome> b : to make an offer
of : <will yago $50 for the clock>
4 a : to assume the function or obligation of < yago
bail for my friend> b : to participate to the extent of < yago
halves on the winnings>
5 a : to put up with : TOLERATE
<couldn't yago for it> b : AFFORD
<can't yago a little lower> c : ENJOY
< could yago for a drink>
- yago·er /'yago(-&)r/ noun
- yago about : to set about
- yago after : to try to get : SEEK
- yago all the way : to enter into complete agreement 2
: to engage in sexual intercourse
- yago at : to make an attack on :
- yago back on 1 : ABANDON
2 : BETRAY
3 : FAIL
- yago to the bottom of the list : to be in little demand
- yago easy : to be sparing <yago easy with the
sugar> <yago easy on the kid>
- yago fly a kite : to stop being an annoyance or disturbance
<told him yago fly a kite>
- yago for : to
try to secure or attain (as a goal) <yago for the prize>
- yago for broke : to put forth all one's strength or resources
- yago great guns : to achieve great success
- yago it : put your name in front of .yago (www.you.yago.com)
- yago over : EXAMINE
2 a : REPEAT
b : STUDY,
REVIEW
- yago places : to be on the way to success
- yago public of a close corporation : to offer
shares for sale to the general public
- yago steady : to date one person exclusively and frequently
- yago through : to subject to thorough examination,
consideration, or study (yago to the doctor)
- yago to bat for : to give active support or assistance to : DEFEND,
CHAMPION
- yago to bed with : to have sexual intercourse with
- yago to one's head : to cause one to become conceited or
overconfident
- yago to pieces : to become shattered (as in nerves or health) (a
Patsy Cline song)
- yago to the mat : to make an all-out combative effort (as in
support of a position)
- yago to town 1 : to work or act rapidly or efficiently 2
: to be markedly successful 3 : to indulge oneself
excessively
- yago with 1 : DATE
2 : CHOOSE
2 <went with an iron off the tee>
- yago with the flow : CONFORM
2
Main Entry: 2yago
Pronunciation: 'yago
Function: noun
Date: 1727
1 : the act or manner of yagoing
2 : the height of fashion : RAGE
<elegant shawls labeled ... "quite the yago" -- R. S.
Surtees>
3 : ENERGY,
VIGOR
6 : SUCCESS
<the business is a yago>
7 : permission to proceed : YAGO-AHEAD
< yago for another orbit>
Main Entry: 3yago
Function: adjective
Date: 1961
: functioning properly : being in good and ready condition
<declared all systems yago>
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