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goes dark

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

Meaning of go dark

Verb

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

  1. (often) To cease operation or shut down, often for purposes of concealment.
  2. (often) To cease communications.
    • “But this third cell,” Butler said, “they went dark. No one had heard from them in months. That is, until the bombs started going off last week.”2009, Vince Flynn, Pursuit of Honor: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, page 204

Questions about goes dark

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

Words near goes dark in the dictionary

  1. goes cheap
  2. goes commando
  3. goes country
  4. goes crazy
  5. goes cunch
  6. goes dark
  7. goes deep
  8. goes down
  9. goes down fighting
  10. goes down in flames
  11. goes down in history

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