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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
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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
"On the Monday morning the letting agency informed me that I could possibly have a Banksy. By then the scaffolding had gone and this seagull appeared."
"Her body is gone," he said, "but she hasn't died. She's still with us."
They’re just gone and it’s up to the surviving partner to figure out if their loved one is buried and if so, where.
As the tour has gone along, Instagram’s “For You†pages have steadily yielded selfies with the famously upbeat star and cute interactions.
"It seems like the heart of America is gone," he said.
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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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