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go set

go set verb: to fail to make bid, thereby earning a negative score.

Verb

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

  1. To fail to make bid, thereby earning a negative score.
  2. (broadly) To earn a negative score, in any context.
    • Since Leon had no meld in our last canasta hand, he went set his red threes.

Forms of go set

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

Questions about go set

What does go set mean?
Go set means to fail to make bid, thereby earning a negative score.
What part of speech is go set?
Go set is a verb.
What is the past tense of go set?
The past tense of go set is went set.

Words near go set in the dictionary

  1. go round
  2. go round in circles
  3. go round the houses
  4. go round with
  5. go screw yourself
  6. go set
  7. go shit in your hat
  8. go shit yourself
  9. go short
  10. go sing
  11. go slap off on

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