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go with the wind

go with the wind verb: to follow the direction of the wind.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To follow the direction of the wind.
  2. (idiomatic) To be carried away by the wind.
  3. (idiomatic) To disappear; to vanish.

Forms of go with the wind

third-person singular presentgoes with the wind
present participlegoing with the wind
pastwent with the wind
past participlegone with the wind

Questions about go with the wind

What does go with the wind mean?
Go with the wind means to follow the direction of the wind.
What part of speech is go with the wind?
Go with the wind is a verb.
What is the past tense of go with the wind?
The past tense of go with the wind is went with the wind.

Words near go with the wind in the dictionary

  1. go with one's gut
  2. go with the flow
  3. go with the flow of traffic
  4. go with the territory
  5. go with the turf
  6. go with the wind
  7. go without
  8. go without saying
  9. go woke, go broke
  10. go wonder
  11. go wrong

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