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go long

verb

go long is a verb meaning “To buy a financial product, such as a share, so as to profit from a rise in its value; compare go short” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-O-L-O-N-G.

What does go long mean?

verb

  1. 1

    To buy a financial product, such as a share, so as to profit from a rise in its value; compare go short.

    I would recommend going long on tech stocks this year.

  2. 2

    To run far from the person throwing a ball in order to receive a long pass; (especially American football, Canadian football) to run down the field away from the quarterback to receive a long or Hail Mary pass.

    He yelled to Steve "Go long!" just as the ball was snapped.

  3. 3

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, long.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of go long

  • goes long present, singular, he/she/it
  • going long participle, present
  • went long past
  • gone long participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).