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go past

go past verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, past.

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, past.
  2. To elapse. (said of time)
    • That hour went past so quickly!
  3. To surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.

go past meaning in Tamil and Bengali

go past in Tamil

தாண்டு

go past in Bengali

to go past, to go beyond
ছাড়ানো chaṛanō

Synonyms of go past

Forms of go past

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

Questions about go past

What does go past mean?
Go past means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, past.
What is go past in Tamil?
Go past in Tamil is தாண்டு. See Go past meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is go past?
Go past is a verb.
What is the past tense of go past?
The past tense of go past is went past.

Words near go past in the dictionary

  1. go over like a lead balloon
  2. go over like a lead zeppelin
  3. go over someone's head
  4. go over to the majority
  5. go overboard
  6. go past
  7. go pear shaped
  8. go pear-shaped
  9. go pearshaped
  10. go pedal
  11. go pedals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: go past (page history and authors); go past (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ছাড়ানো (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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