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goes to the scaffold

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

Meaning of go to the scaffold

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be executed (usually by hanging or beheading).
    • More and more people went to the scaffold as the Terror tightened its grip.1998, Nigel Kelly, Rosemary Rees, Jane Shuter, Britain 1750-1900, page 83

Questions about goes to the scaffold

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

Words near goes to the scaffold in the dictionary

  1. goes to the mat
  2. goes to the mats
  3. goes to the mattresses
  4. goes to the polls
  5. goes to the restroom
  6. goes to the scaffold
  7. goes to the toilet
  8. goes to the trouble
  9. goes to the wall
  10. goes to the washroom
  11. goes to the well

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