go as you please

Preserved but no longer current.

Meaning · English

Not bound by any rules; do as you like; unceremonious. Go it! An exclamation of encouragement, sometimes ironical.

Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Common questions

What does “go as you please” mean?

Not bound by any rules; do as you like; unceremonious. Go it! An exclamation of encouragement, sometimes ironical.

Is “go as you please” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.