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goes Galt

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

Meaning of go Galt

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become a recluse and stop contributing to society, especially in the form of taxes, by reducing one's work or productivity or by refusing to follow societal norms that one believes to be unjust.
    • Smith, who’s still mulling over ways that she can “go Galt,” sees a possibility for a moral stand. During the Iraq War, she read about a painter who’d painted less, reducing his income, in order to dodge taxes and thereby make sure he didn’t fund the war.2009 March 6, David Weigel, “Battling Obama by ‘Going Galt’”, in The Washington Independent, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2012

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

Words near goes Galt in the dictionary

  1. goes from 0 to 100
  2. goes from bad to worse
  3. goes from strength to strength
  4. goes from zero to hero
  5. goes gaga over
  6. goes Galt
  7. goes gentle into that good night
  8. goes gold
  9. goes great guns
  10. goes green
  11. goes H.A.M.

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