"go with", again

[Alice Faber]

Jim Parish wrote:
> I know we've discussed the construction "go with" (sans object) before.
>
> I'm reading _Two for the Dough_, a mystery novel by Janet Evanovich,
> and one of the characters is presented as using that construction:
>
> "Morelli gave me a look of total no-confidence. 'You want me to go
> with?' he asked. 'I'm good at thumbscrews.'"
>
> The speaker and the narrator are lifelong New Jerseyites, from the
> ethnic neighborhoods of Trenton; Morelli is Italian, and the narrator is of
> mixed Italian and Polish ancestry. The author grew up in New Jersey,
> and moved to New Hampshire after her marriage.
>
> Has the "go with" construction spread to the East Coast?

My ex-husband, who was born and raised in Philadelphia, regularly used
"go with".

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