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go quietly

go quietly verb: to leave one's current location or position without protest or kicking up a fuss.

Verb

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

  1. To leave one's current location or position without protest or kicking up a fuss.
    • "Look you, Mynheer Poots," exclaimed Philip, red with passion; "you have but to choose, — will you go quietly, or must I take you there? You'll not trifle with me."1874, Frederick Marryat, The Phanthom Ship, George Routledge and sons, page 5
    • Q. The black people were permitted to go home, if they would go quietly?
      A. Yes, sir; there was no disarmament; no attempt to disarm them.
      Q. And the white people agreed to go home quietly?
      A. Yes; I think there was an express stipulation made, that those who had violated the law should be...1877, Senate documents - Volume 2; Volume 4; Volume 292, United States Government Publishing Office, page 1177

Forms of go quietly

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

Questions about go quietly

What does go quietly mean?
Go quietly means to leave one's current location or position without protest or kicking up a fuss.
What part of speech is go quietly?
Go quietly is a verb.
What is the past tense of go quietly?
The past tense of go quietly is went quietly.

Words near go quietly in the dictionary

  1. go play with yourself
  2. go poof
  3. go postal
  4. go potty
  5. go public
  6. go quietly
  7. go rogue
  8. go round
  9. go round in circles
  10. go round the houses
  11. go round with

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