go both ways

English[edit]

go both ways (third-person singular simple present goes both ways, present participle going both ways, simple past went both ways, past participle gone both ways)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ both,‎ ways.
- 1907, The Southwestern Reporter, page 571:
  [...] people generally went by the railroad; that is, decidedly more than went on the dirt road. Witness had seen men go both ways.
(informal) To be, or be in, a mutual or reciprocal relationship or obligation.
empathy goes both ways
(informal) To be bisexual.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:be bisexual
- 2004, “How We Do”, in Jayceon Taylor, Mike Elizondo, Curtis J. Jackson, Andre R. Young (lyrics), Andre R. Young and Mike Elizondo (music), The Documentary, performed by The Game (featuring 50 Cent), G-Unit Records:
  I have a straight bitch in the telly going both ways.
(informal, especially of a gay man) To be versatile, able to act as either a top or a bottom.
- 2011, Joe Kort, Gay Affirmative Therapy for the Straight Clinician, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 180:
  When Mark sought my supervision, I taught him the terms top and bottom and explained that gay men usually self-identify as either one or the other. Some men go both ways—calling themselves "versatile"— […]