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go-go adjective

• relating to or denoting an unrestrained and sexually provocative style of dancing to popular music.
• "a go-go bar"
• assertively dynamic.
• "the go-go bravado of the 1980s"

go-go noun

• a style of dance music originating in the black communities of Washington DC and characterized by an incessant funk beat.
Origin: 1950s (in go-go (sense 2 of the adjective)): reduplication of go1, perhaps influenced by a gogo.

go for it

• strive to the utmost to gain or achieve something (frequently said as an exhortation).
• "sounds like a good idea—go for it!"


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