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boldly go where no man has gone before

boldly go where no man has gone before verb: to break new ground.

Verb

boldly go where no man has gone before (third-person singular simple present boldly goes where no man has gone before, present participle boldly going where no man has gone before, simple past boldly went where no man has gone before, past participle boldly gone where no man has gone before)

  1. (idiomatic) To break new ground.
    • While Strauss would not exactly be boldly going where no man has gone before if he led England to victories this year in away Test series against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India, he set foot on an airbus to Dubai knowing that 2012 represents the last great examination of his side.2012 January 2, Paul Newman, “Tough Trek ahead but Strauss' men know winning in Asia is the final frontier”, in the Mail online
    • E-Racer Based loosely upon one of the original Rutan designs, the airplane goes where no man has gone before. In the first place, the composite canard machine is the first known example of the Rutan Long-EZ clones to have1998 April, Budd Davisson, “Skyburners”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 165, page 68

Forms of boldly go where no man has gone before

third-person singular presentboldly goes where no man has gone before
present participleboldly going where no man has gone before
pastboldly went where no man has gone before
past participleboldly gone where no man has gone before

Origin of boldly go where no man has gone before

A line from the opening sequence of the Star Trek TV series.

Questions about boldly go where no man has gone before

What does boldly go where no man has gone before mean?
Boldly go where no man has gone before means to break new ground.
What part of speech is boldly go where no man has gone before?
Boldly go where no man has gone before is a verb.
What is the past tense of boldly go where no man has gone before?
The past tense of boldly go where no man has gone before is boldly went where no man has gone before.

Words near boldly go where no man has gone before in the dictionary

  1. Boldins
  2. boldish
  3. boldlier
  4. boldliest
  5. boldly
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  11. Boldman

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