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goes hard

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

Meaning of go hard

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc.
    • If the battle cry of our government’s response to the global financial crisis was “go early, go hard, go households”, this government’s approach to the current crisis seems to be “go late, go half-measures, and go ... well ... go to Hillsong”.2020 March 16, Kevin Rudd, “The government's coronavirus crisis approach is 'go late, go half-measures, and go to Hillsong'”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    go strong
  2. (intransitive, slang, stative) To be excellent.
    • Did you hear this band's new album? Yeah, it went hard af!
    Antonyms:
    go soft
  3. (intransitive, slang) To have sex vigorously.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, hard.
    • I wanted to eat some bread but it had gone hard.

Questions about goes hard

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

Words near goes hard in the dictionary

  1. goes halfsies
  2. goes halves
  3. goes ham
  4. goes hand in hand
  5. goes hang
  6. goes hard
  7. goes hard in the paint
  8. goes haywire
  9. goes Hollywood
  10. goes home
  11. goes horribly right

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