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go hard with someone

go hard with someone verb: to lead to someone suffering; to place someone in difficulty or danger.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To lead to someone suffering; to place someone in difficulty or danger.
    • Laugh not, pretty one, for by my life it shall go hard with you if you tell not the truth.1836, George Payne Rainsford James, Darnley: or, The field of the cloth of gold, volume 2, page 181

Forms of go hard with someone

third-person singular presentgoes hard with someone
present participlegoing hard with someone
pastwent hard with someone
past participlegone hard with someone

Questions about go hard with someone

What does go hard with someone mean?
Go hard with someone means to lead to someone suffering; to place someone in difficulty or danger.
What part of speech is go hard with someone?
Go hard with someone is a verb.
What is the past tense of go hard with someone?
The past tense of go hard with someone is went hard with someone.

Words near go hard with someone in the dictionary

  1. go ham
  2. go hang
  3. go hard
  4. go hard in the paint
  5. go hard or go home
  6. go hard with someone
  7. go haywire
  8. go Holland
  9. go Hollywood
  10. go home
  11. go hor lan

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