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go whacks

go whacks verb: to divide the profits from an enterprise equally; to enter into partnership.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, slang) To divide the profits from an enterprise equally; to enter into partnership.
    • You may go whacks with me in that, if you like, and then we will go whacks in the profits – when they come27 July 1909, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Louie Burrows

Forms of go whacks

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

Questions about go whacks

What does go whacks mean?
Go whacks means to divide the profits from an enterprise equally; to enter into partnership.
What part of speech is go whacks?
Go whacks is a verb.
What is the past tense of go whacks?
The past tense of go whacks is went whacks.

Words near go whacks in the dictionary

  1. go walkabout
  2. go walkies
  3. go walking
  4. go way back
  5. go west
  6. go whacks
  7. go whistle
  8. go whole hog
  9. go wide
  10. go wild
  11. go Winchester

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