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go below

go below verb: to go below deck on a ship; to leave the top deck of a ship.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To go below deck on a ship; to leave the top deck of a ship.
    • The weather's getting bad; you had better go below!

Forms of go below

third-person singular presentgoes below
present participlegoing below
pastwent below
past participlegone below

Questions about go below

What does go below mean?
Go below means to go below deck on a ship; to leave the top deck of a ship.
What part of speech is go below?
Go below is a verb.
What is the past tense of go below?
The past tense of go below is went below.

Words near go below in the dictionary

  1. go band for band
  2. go bankrupt
  3. go batshit
  4. go begging
  5. go belly-up
  6. go below
  7. go berserk
  8. go between
  9. go beyond
  10. go beyond the pale
  11. go big or go home

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