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go kaflooey

go kaflooey verb: to turn out wrong; to cease to function or exist.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To turn out wrong; to cease to function or exist.

Forms of go kaflooey

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

Questions about go kaflooey

What does go kaflooey mean?
Go kaflooey means to turn out wrong; to cease to function or exist.
What part of speech is go kaflooey?
Go kaflooey is a verb.
What is the past tense of go kaflooey?
The past tense of go kaflooey is went kaflooey.

Words near go kaflooey in the dictionary

  1. go juice
  2. go jump in the lake
  3. go jump off a bridge
  4. go jump off a building
  5. go jump off a cliff
  6. go kaflooey
  7. go large
  8. go left
  9. go like a dream
  10. go long
  11. go mad

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