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goes moggy

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

Meaning of go moggy

Verb

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

  1. (South Africa, Zimbabwe, colloquial, idiomatic) To go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.
  2. (South Africa, Zimbabwe, colloquial, idiomatic) To go crazy; to be somewhat delirious.
    • B: "That's a bad place, I tell you, I nearly went moggy in that jungle, hey."
      A: "That's only because you got that bump on the head, when that bus ran over ..."2002, Dan Wylie, Dead leaves: Two years in the Rhodesian War, →ISBN, page 79
  3. (South Africa, Zimbabwe, colloquial, idiomatic) (usually in the past tense, as in "gone moggy") To become broken, disorganized or dysfunctional.

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

Words near goes moggy in the dictionary

  1. goes left
  2. goes like a dream
  3. goes long
  4. goes mental
  5. goes missing
  6. goes moggy
  7. goes nap
  8. goes nap on
  9. goes narrow
  10. goes native
  11. goes negative

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