Usually means: Attempt to obtain or achieve.
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  3. go for: Collins English Dictionary
  4. go for: Vocabulary.com
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  7. go for: Rhymezone
  8. go for: FreeDictionary.org
  9. go for: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. go for: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. go for: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. go for, go for, go for: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (go for)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
verb:  (transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.
verb:  (transitive) To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
verb:  (transitive) To attack.
verb:  (transitive) To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
verb:  (transitive) To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
verb:  (transitive) To apply equally to.
verb:  (transitive) To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
verb:  (intransitive) To be accepted as.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To cost.

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