no go

noun

Something which should not or cannot be done.

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Meanings

adjectiveno go (not comparable)

alternative no-go

  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of no-go.

    It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw, / All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow.

    1937, Louis MacNeice, Bagpipe Music
nounno go (plural no gos or no goes)

plural no gos · plural no goes · alternative no-go

  1. USinformalslangSomething which should not or cannot be done.

Translations

Danish no go
  • no gosomething which should not or cannot be done
German No-Go
  • No-Gosomething which should not or cannot be done
Polish tabu
  • tabusomething which should not or cannot be done
Cite this entry
APA

no go. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20go

MLA

“no go.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20go. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no go,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20go.

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