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go hang

go hang verb: to be cursed; to be unworthy of notice or bother.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be cursed; to be unworthy of notice or bother.
    • You can go hang for all I care.
    • For she had a tongue with a tang,
      Would cry to a sailor, 'Go hang!'
      She loved not the savour of tar nor of pitch,
      Yet a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch.
      Then to sea, boys, and let her go hang!1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act II, scene II

Forms of go hang

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

Questions about go hang

What does go hang mean?
Go hang means to be cursed; to be unworthy of notice or bother.
What part of speech is go hang?
Go hang is a verb.
What is the past tense of go hang?
The past tense of go hang is went hang.

Words near go hang in the dictionary

  1. go H.A.M.
  2. go half and half
  3. go halfsies
  4. go halves
  5. go ham
  6. go hang
  7. go hard
  8. go hard in the paint
  9. go hard or go home
  10. go hard with someone
  11. go haywire

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