Meaning of no-go | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not functioning properly.
   not-comparable
2. Not to be entered.
   not-comparable
3. That should not go (i.e., enter or engage) if the size of the part being measured is properly achieved.
   not-comparable

Examples

“They lived in a no-go part of the ghetto.”

“The noise and drunkenness made the area a no-go zone at night for families.”

“Many of these areas have⟳ become⟳ no go for investment”

“The key resisting areas have⟳ effectively become⟳ no go”

“Two pubs in the Pontardawe area which had previously been hubs of local social life had become⟳ "no-go" through being frequented by the gang.”

“The Great Western opened a Paddington station in 1838, a wooden terminus to the north of the present⟳ station, which would arrive⟳ in 1853. As with Euston, the site was bounded to the south by high-class property, a no-go zone for railways.”

“no-go gauge”

“This bore is no good: the no-go pin is flying right into the first half of it.”

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