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goes to great lengths

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

Meaning of go to great lengths

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To make a major effort; to be very careful when doing something, especially to an extreme or excessive degree.
    • The most surprising thing was to discover that each job had its little tricks, peculiarities that had been learned in the experience of years, and one of the really pleasing features was the unlimited patience and kindliness of the chargehands and fitters, who would go to great lengths to teach the...1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283

Questions about goes to great lengths

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

Words near goes to great lengths in the dictionary

  1. goes to Cain's
  2. goes to Canossa
  3. goes to earth
  4. goes to extraordinary lengths
  5. goes to grass
  6. goes to great lengths
  7. goes to ground
  8. goes to Halifax
  9. goes to heck
  10. goes to hell
  11. goes to hell and back

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