Collocation
go smoothly
Definition
to happen or progress without problems, delays, or difficulties
'go smoothly' is a common English collocation. to happen or progress without problems, delays, or difficulties
go + smoothly
“If everything goes smoothly, we’ll finish the project by Friday.”
Examples
- The meeting should _____ smoothly if everyone comes prepared.
- Everything went _____ during the presentation—no technical issues at all.
- If the repairs _____ smoothly, you can pick up your car this afternoon.
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- The interview didn’t _____ smoothly because the connection kept dropping.
- So far, the move has _____ smoothly, and all the boxes are in the right rooms.
- We’re hoping the event will _____ smoothly despite the weather forecast.
- The launch could have gone _____ if we had tested the system earlier.
- Once the new software was installed, everything started to _____ smoothly again.
- If all goes _____, we’ll sign the contract tomorrow.
More verb + adverbs
- do well to be successful or achieve good results
- do badly to perform poorly; to have an unsatisfactory result (in a task, test, game, or situation)
- go abroad to travel to or live in a foreign country
- go wrong to fail, stop working correctly, or develop a problem; to happen in an unexpected bad way
- go upstairs to move from a lower floor to a higher floor in a building, usually by stairs (or to the upstairs a…