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gone
/ É¡É’²Ô /
verb
- the past participle of go 1
adjective
- ended; past
- lost; ruined (esp in the phrases gone goose or gosling )
- dead or near to death
- spent; consumed; used up
- informal.faint or weak
- informal.having been pregnant (for a specified time)
six months gone
- slang.usually foll by on in love (with)
- slang.in an exhilarated state, as through music or the use of drugs
- gone out informal.blank and without comprehension, as if stupefied in surprise
adverb
- past
it's gone midnight
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Origin of gone1
Idioms and Phrases
- far gone,
- much advanced; deeply involved.
- nearly exhausted; almost worn out.
- dying:
The rescue party finally reached the scene of the crash, but most of the survivors were already far gone.
- gone on, Informal. infatuated with; in love with:
He is still gone on the woman who jilted him.
More idioms and phrases containing gone
- a goner
- all gone
- dead and buried (gone)
- far gone
- going, going, gone
- here today, gone tomorrow
- to hell and gone
Example Sentences
"It seems like the heart of America is gone," he said.
Previous biographies have gone further, suggesting Philip's interest in Richard was sexual.
But he said considering the cost of game development nowadays, he was "surprised" it hadn't gone up in price sooner.
"If they are up there watching me, I really hope they don't know what's gone on."
The donations are thought to have gone to the Molly Rose Foundation, which campaigns for internet safety.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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