"no go" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-no go.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} no go (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of no-go Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: no-go
    Sense id: en-no_go-en-adj-nXESNz9L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: no-go

Noun

Audio: En-au-no go.ogg Forms: no gos [plural], no goes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|no goes}} no go (plural no gos or no goes)
  1. (informal, slang, US) Something which should not or cannot be done. Tags: US, informal, slang Related terms: no can do, no-fly, non-starter, no-show Translations (something which should not or cannot be done): no go [neuter] (Danish), No-Go [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-no_go-en-noun-A0pPQL-M Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: no-go

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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