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'to go about' means to deal with or tackle a task or job.

• Do you know how to enrol on the course? I don't know how to go about it.
  
• How can I go about getting a copy of my birth certificate?
  

'to go after' means to try to get.

• I sent in my application today. I'm going after that job.
  
• He went after a very well paid job but didn't get it.
  

'to go after' can also mean to follow or chase.

• Michelle left suddenly then Pierre went after her.
  
• I didn't go after her when she left. I think she needed to be on her own.
  

'to go ahead' means to begin or proceed with something.

• Even though the risks were high, we decided to go ahead with the project.
  
• It went ahead without any problems. We're very happy.
  

'to go along with' means to agree with a person or idea.

• I said it wouldn't work. I didn't go along with it from the beginning.
  
• In the end, he went along with Jack even though he had said he agreed with me.
  

'to go away' means to leave a place or a person's company.

• Did you stay at home or did you go away over the holidays?
  
• Please go away. I'd like to be alone for a while.
  

'to go back' means to return to a place.

• We had a great holiday in Spain last year. We are going back this year.
  
• I had forgotten my passport and had to go back to get it.
  

'to go back on' means to change your position on a promise or agreement.

• I said I would do it. I can't go back on it now.
  
• He went back on his promise and didn't help me out.
  

'to go by' for time means to pass

• A couple of hours went by before he phoned me back.
  
• Twenty years went by before I saw him again.
  

'to go by' can also mean to go past or pass

• I love sitting at a street café watching the world go by.
  
• He didn't see me. He just went by without saying a word.
  

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