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goes negative

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

Meaning of go negative

Verb

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

  1. (US) To focus on attacking political opponents rather than promoting oneself.
    • After losing several primaries and facing a campaign debt of $250,000, his associates persuaded him to go negative.2008, Lynda Lee Kaid, Christina Holtz-Bacha, Encyclopedia of Political Communication, volume 1

Questions about goes negative

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

Words near goes negative in the dictionary

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

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