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On the go   /ɑn ðə goʊ/   Listen
noun
Go  n.  
1.
Act; working; operation. (Obs.) "So gracious were the goes of marriage."
2.
A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. (Slang) "This is a pretty go."
3.
The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. (Colloq.)
4.
Noisy merriment; as, a high go. (Colloq.)
5.
A glass of spirits. (Slang)
6.
Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him. (Colloq.)
7.
(Cribbage) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
8.
Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement. ""Well," said Fleming, "is it a go?""
Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. (Slang, Eng. Univ.)
No go, a failure; a fiasco. (Slang)
On the go, moving about; unsettled. (Colloq.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"On the go" Quotes from Famous Books



... figures) of killers who'd quit and went nomading around the Deathlands trying to recruit others and help those who wanted to be helped. They had semi-permanent meeting places where they tried to get together at pre-arranged dates, but mostly they kept on the go, by twos and threes or—more rarely—alone. They were all men so far, at least Pop hadn't heard of any women members, but—he assured Alice earnestly—he would personally guarantee that there would be no objections to a girl joining up. They had recently taken ...
— The Night of the Long Knives • Fritz Reuter Leiber



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