"go towards" meaning in All languages combined

See go towards on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go towards.ogg Forms: goes towards [present, singular, third-person], going towards [participle, present], went towards [past], gone towards [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> towards}} go towards (third-person singular simple present goes towards, present participle going towards, simple past went towards, past participle gone towards)
  1. (idiomatic, of anything that is not a person) To be a contribution to. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_towards-en-verb-UptQwRlH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "towards", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "towards": 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 53 47
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, towards.
    Sense id: en-go_towards-en-verb-zsy7l35e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "towards", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "towards": 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to contribute to): bidrage til (Danish)
Disambiguation of 'to contribute to': 94 6

Inflected forms

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          "text": "This money will go towards paying off the debt.",
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      "word": "bidrage til"
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      "sense": "to contribute to",
      "word": "bidrage til"
    }
  ],
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}

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