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go to pigs and whistles

go to pigs and whistles verb: to be ruined.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To be ruined.

Forms of go to pigs and whistles

third-person singular presentgoes to pigs and whistles
present participlegoing to pigs and whistles
pastwent to pigs and whistles
past participlegone to pigs and whistles

Questions about go to pigs and whistles

What does go to pigs and whistles mean?
Go to pigs and whistles means to be ruined.
What part of speech is go to pigs and whistles?
Go to pigs and whistles is a verb.
What is the past tense of go to pigs and whistles?
The past tense of go to pigs and whistles is went to pigs and whistles.

Words near go to pigs and whistles in the dictionary

  1. go to heck
  2. go to hell
  3. go to hell and back
  4. go to pains
  5. go to pieces
  6. go to pigs and whistles
  7. go to plan
  8. go to pot
  9. go to press
  10. go to Prestwich
  11. go to Putney on a pig

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