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go for an old song

go for an old song is the alternative form of go for a song.

Meaning of go for a song

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be sold at a very low price.

Forms of go for an old song

third-person singular presentgoes for an old song
present participlegoing for an old song
pastwent for an old song
past participlegone for an old song

Questions about go for an old song

What is go for an old song the alternative form of?
Go for an old song is the alternative form of go for a song.

Words near go for an old song in the dictionary

  1. go fly a kite
  2. go for
  3. go for a burton
  4. go for a song
  5. go for a toss
  6. go for an old song
  7. go for broke
  8. go for gold
  9. go for it
  10. go for nothing
  11. go for the gloves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: go for an old song (page history and authors); go for a song (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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