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• play go
  shoot or hit in a particular manner
  
• foul go
  hit a foul ball
  
• cannon go
  make a cannon
  
• clap go
  strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
  
• ground out go
  make an out by hitting the ball on the ground
  
• toe go
  drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club
  
• shank go
  hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
  
• pitch go
  hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
  
• fly go
  hit a fly
  
• snap go
  put in play with a snap
  
• whang go
  propel or hit with force
  
• undercut go
  strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot
  
• putt go
  strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter
  
• heel go
  strike with the heel of the club
  
• toe go
  hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club
  
• bunker go
  hit a golf ball into a bunker
  
• bounce go
  hit something so that it bounces
  
• backhand go
  hit a tennis ball backhand
  
• pop go
  hit a pop-fly
  
• follow through go
  carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball
  
• shell go
  hit the pitches of hard and regularly
  
• ground go
  hit onto the ground
  
• ground go
  hit a groundball
  
• top go
  strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
  
• pull go
  hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
  
• kill go
  hit with great force
  
• kill go
  hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
  
• connect go
  hit or play a ball successfully
  
• drive go
  hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
  
• drive go
  strike with a driver, as in teeing off
  
• hole, hole out go
  hit the ball into the hole
  
• bunt, drag a bunt go
  hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
  
• snick go
  hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat
  
• racket go
  hit (a ball) with a racket
  
• carry, dribble go
  propel, "Carry the ball"
  
• slice go
  hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
  
• hook go
  hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
  
• single go
  hit a single
  
• double go
  hit a two-base hit
  
• triple go
  hit a three-base hit
  
• smash go
  hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
  
• shoot go
  throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
  
• volley go
  hit before it touches the ground
  
• croquet go
  drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball"
  
• loft go
  kick or strike high in the air