go at
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1
as in raid
to take sudden, violent action against
He went at his opponent with such fervor, the fight was practically over before it began.
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2
as in approach
to start work on energetically
She went at that project with such enthusiasm, you could tell it was a labor of love.
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Recent Examples of goat
Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Ackerman Family Farms opens to the public every festival season, offering baby goats for petting and decorative pumpkins for purchase.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 5 Sep. 2025
Roman mythology had Pan, a big fat party animal and actually pretty fun goat-guy.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Now, instead of goats, the neighbors might have to deal with the sounds of constructing nine houses.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Tourists flocked to Lajitas just to see the spectacle of a goat chugging a longneck in seconds, and newspapers across the country covered the bizarre story.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Ackerman Family Farms opens to the public every festival season, offering baby goats for petting and decorative pumpkins for purchase.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 5 Sep. 2025
Roman mythology had Pan, a big fat party animal and actually pretty fun goat-guy.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Now, instead of goats, the neighbors might have to deal with the sounds of constructing nine houses.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goat
Noun
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The most successful so far comes from Tampa, where a circuit court judge in August reaffirmed a statewide injunction pausing DOAH hearings after a Hurricane Milton victim argued the company was violating his rights.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The motion is still pending, and families of the crash victims urged the court to reject it.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There's no doubt that Shurmur is now the scapegoat at CU following an atrocious outing for his unit.—
Andrew Hughes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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In a statement on Twitter, Maxwell's attorney, David Oscar Markus, alleged that she had only been convicted because the DOJ needed a scapegoat after Epstein died in jail before his case went to trial.—
Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita , David Spunt,
FOXNews.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Not an excuse, but definitely a factor, from what I was told, in what turned into a sluggish showing on both sides of the ball.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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There isn’t an excuse anymore that an AI maker has nothing available to provide AI ethics guidance.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Goat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goat. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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