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go all around the Wrekin

go all around the Wrekin verb: take a long time to arrive.

Verb

go all around the Wrekin (third-person singular simple present goes all around the Wrekin, present participle going all around the Wrekin, simple past went all around the Wrekin, past participle gone all around the Wrekin)

  1. (West-Midlands, idiomatic) Take a long time to arrive.

Forms of go all around the Wrekin

third-person singular presentgoes all around the Wrekin
present participlegoing all around the Wrekin
pastwent all around the Wrekin
past participlegone all around the Wrekin

Origin of go all around the Wrekin

From the Wrekin, a large and prominent hill in Shropshire.

Questions about go all around the Wrekin

What does go all around the Wrekin mean?
Go all around the Wrekin means take a long time to arrive.
What part of speech is go all around the Wrekin?
Go all around the Wrekin is a verb.
What is the past tense of go all around the Wrekin?
The past tense of go all around the Wrekin is went all around the Wrekin.

Words near go all around the Wrekin in the dictionary

  1. go against
  2. go against the grain
  3. go ahead
  4. go ahead with
  5. go all around the houses
  6. go all around the Wrekin
  7. go all out
  8. go all round the houses
  9. go all the way
  10. go along
  11. go along for the ride

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