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go downtown

go downtown verb: to be taken into custody at the police station.

Verb

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

  1. To be taken into custody at the police station.
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To perform oral sex.
    • Rappin about going downtown on the kitty Let me do you and I won't cum too soon.1998, Dialogue - Volumes 1-3, page 20
    • Go downtown on her for an oral dessert.2016, David James, Love and Sex at the Post Office
    Synonyms:
    go down on
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, downtown.

Synonyms of go downtown

Forms of go downtown

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

Questions about go downtown

What does go downtown mean?
Go downtown means to be taken into custody at the police station.
What part of speech is go downtown?
Go downtown is a verb.
What is the past tense of go downtown?
The past tense of go downtown is went downtown.

Words near go downtown in the dictionary

  1. go down the wrong pipe
  2. go down the wrong throat
  3. go down the wrong way
  4. go down with
  5. go downhill
  6. go downtown
  7. go Dutch
  8. go easy
  9. go equipped
  10. go ER
  11. go f oneself

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