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go Fantee

go Fantee verb: to go native; to adopt the habits etc. of native people.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To go native; to adopt the habits etc. of native people.
    • He was perpetually ‘going Fantee’ among natives, which, of course, no man with any sense believes in.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Miss Youghal's Sais”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2007, page 24

Forms of go Fantee

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

Questions about go Fantee

What does go Fantee mean?
Go Fantee means to go native; to adopt the habits etc. of native people.
What part of speech is go Fantee?
Go Fantee is a verb.
What is the past tense of go Fantee?
The past tense of go Fantee is went Fantee.

Words near go Fantee in the dictionary

  1. go easy
  2. go equipped
  3. go ER
  4. go f oneself
  5. go face
  6. go Fantee
  7. go far
  8. go fash, lose cash
  9. go fast
  10. go faster stripe
  11. go faster stripes

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