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goes to the dogs

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

Meaning of go to the dogs

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To decline or deteriorate shockingly.
    • "[T]he merry old ways of good life have gone to the dogs—upon my carcase, they have!"1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 42, in Far from the Madding Crowd

Questions about goes to the dogs

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

Words near goes to the dogs in the dictionary

  1. goes to the bad
  2. goes to the bathroom
  3. goes to the bow-wows
  4. goes to the country
  5. goes to the devil
  6. goes to the dogs
  7. goes to the ends of the earth
  8. goes to the ends of the world
  9. goes to the goat's house for wool
  10. goes to the mat
  11. goes to the mats

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