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goes bush

goes bush is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go bush.

Meaning of go bush

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) To abandon one's normal surroundings and live in the bush; to flee into the bush; to revert to a feral nature
    • Taika Waititi and Sam Neill talk about going bush in the director’s latest childhood adventure, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople.2016 March 24, The New Zealand Herald

Questions about goes bush

What is goes bush the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes bush is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go bush.

Words near goes bush in the dictionary

  1. goes beyond the pale
  2. goes big or goes home
  3. goes bonkers
  4. goes both ways
  5. goes brrr
  6. goes bush
  7. goes bust
  8. goes by
  9. goes by the board
  10. goes by the name of
  11. goes by the wayside

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