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go to smash

go to smash verb: to go to ruin; to fail disastrously.

Verb

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

  1. (dated, slang) To go to ruin; to fail disastrously.
    • […] do we see any improbability in the bankrupt's elder brother doing this much for him after his shoe business went to smash […]1913, William Miller Collier, Mark L. Whitney, James Webster Eaton, American Bankruptcy Reports Annotated, page 654
    • […] her first marriage went to smash several years ago and now her second one is on the rocks […]2009, Lynn Kear, James King, Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook, page 96
    Synonyms:
    smash

Synonyms of go to smash

Forms of go to smash

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

Questions about go to smash

What does go to smash mean?
Go to smash means to go to ruin; to fail disastrously.
What part of speech is go to smash?
Go to smash is a verb.
What is the past tense of go to smash?
The past tense of go to smash is went to smash.

Words near go to smash in the dictionary

  1. go to sea
  2. go to seed
  3. go to shit
  4. go to show
  5. go to sleep
  6. go to smash
  7. go to someone's head
  8. go to the bad
  9. go to the bathroom
  10. go to the bow-wows
  11. go to the country

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