Meaning of GO FOR IT - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So I'm going to guess that most of you already know this English phrase.
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When you say, "Go for it!", to someone it means that you are encouraging them to do
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the thing that they're thinking of doing.
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Maybe you have a brother or sister who are thinking about applying for a new job, and
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they're not sure if they should or not.
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You could say, "Go for it!", basically what that means is you think it's a great idea
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for them to apply for a new job.
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We also use this phrase when someone is thinking of asking someone out.
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So maybe you have a cousin and he knows a girl that he really likes and he wants to
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ask her out on a date.
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You might say to your cousin, you know, "Go for it!
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I'm sure if you asked her out she would say yes!"
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But I would only say go for it if you think its a good idea.
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You should always be honest with people and only say go for it if it's a good idea.
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So we have another phrase that we say to people to encourage them and that's, "You can do
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it!"
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You've probably heard the Nike phrase, "Just do it!"
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This is a little more of affirmation.
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Letting someone know that whatever they are planning to do, you think they would be good
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at it.
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So for instance, let's use the job example again.
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If someone was to get a different job and you think they would do a really good job
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at that job you could say to them, "You can do it!".
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Sometimes we say it with a funny accent, we say, "You can do it!"
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Anyways I think you can learn English.
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I think you can do it!
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