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go hostile

go hostile verb: to engage in a hostile takeover of another company.

Verb

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

  1. To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.
    • Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.2008, Jessica Mintz, “Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile today”, in ABC News

Forms of go hostile

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

Questions about go hostile

What does go hostile mean?
Go hostile means to engage in a hostile takeover of another company.
What part of speech is go hostile?
Go hostile is a verb.
What is the past tense of go hostile?
The past tense of go hostile is went hostile.

Words near go hostile in the dictionary

  1. go Hollywood
  2. go home
  3. go hor lan
  4. go horlan
  5. go horribly right
  6. go hostile
  7. go howl at the moon
  8. go hungry
  9. go hunting where the ducks are
  10. go in
  11. go in at one ear and at out the other

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