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go hungry

go hungry verb: to miss a meal.

Verb

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

  1. To miss a meal.
    • Don't let him go hungry - that's child abuse, isn't it?

Forms of go hungry

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

Questions about go hungry

What does go hungry mean?
Go hungry means to miss a meal.
What part of speech is go hungry?
Go hungry is a verb.
What is the past tense of go hungry?
The past tense of go hungry is went hungry.

Words near go hungry in the dictionary

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

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