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goes narrow

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

Meaning of go narrow

Verb

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

  1. To focus on one thing, person, topic or aspect of a situation.
    • The Common Mind. Philip Petitt. 1996.
      this should not be regarded as a good reason for going narrow.
  2. To change infrequently.
    • The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrowHedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92
  3. To use a narrow-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
    • Going wide to fit it all in will emphasize the foreground at the expense of the background; going narrow with a long lens will preclude the coloured 'jobbies' clinging to the cliff top that I'm trying not to tread on.2013, David Noton., The Vision
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, narrow.

Questions about goes narrow

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

Words near goes narrow in the dictionary

  1. goes mental
  2. goes missing
  3. goes moggy
  4. goes nap
  5. goes nap on
  6. goes narrow
  7. goes native
  8. goes negative
  9. goes night-night
  10. goes nowhere
  11. goes nowhere fast

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