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going dark

going dark is the present participle and gerund of go dark.

Meaning of go dark

Verb

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

  1. (often) To cease operation or shut down, often for purposes of concealment.
  2. (often) To cease communications.
    • “But this third cell,” Butler said, “they went dark. No one had heard from them in months. That is, until the bombs started going off last week.”2009, Vince Flynn, Pursuit of Honor: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, page 204

Questions about going dark

What is going dark the present participle and gerund of?
Going dark is the present participle and gerund of go dark.

Words near going dark in the dictionary

  1. going concern
  2. going concerns
  3. going country
  4. going crazy
  5. going cunch
  6. going dark
  7. going deep
  8. going down
  9. going down fighting
  10. going down in flames
  11. going down in history

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