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goes to Canossa

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

Meaning of go to Canossa

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To submit to the pope.
  2. (idiomatic) To show humility, to be humbled.

Questions about goes to Canossa

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

Words near goes to Canossa in the dictionary

  1. goes to bed
  2. goes to bed with
  3. goes to bed with the chickens
  4. goes to bed with the sun
  5. goes to Cain's
  6. goes to Canossa
  7. goes to earth
  8. goes to extraordinary lengths
  9. goes to grass
  10. goes to great lengths
  11. goes to ground

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