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goes walkabout

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

Meaning of go walkabout

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, UK, colloquial) To go missing from its usual place; to be lost or stolen.
    • The paper shredder seems to have gone walkabout.
    Synonyms:
    go walkies
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, walkabout.
    • You could almost hear him shout 'Geronimo'. It was bound to end in tears. Sure enough when his owner had let him go walkabout on the kitchen table he had taken his chance, raced for the edge, and made his own giant leap for hamsterkind.1995, Nigel Taylor, A vet called Nigel, page 58

Questions about goes walkabout

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

Words near goes walkabout in the dictionary

  1. goes up against
  2. goes up for
  3. goes up in flames
  4. goes up in smoke
  5. goes viral
  6. goes walkabout
  7. goes walkies
  8. goes walking
  9. goes way back
  10. goes west
  11. goes whacks

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