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going down like a sack of potatoes

going down like a sack of potatoes is the present participle and gerund of go down like a sack of potatoes.

Meaning of go down like a sack of potatoes

Verb

go down like a sack of potatoes (third-person singular simple present goes down like a sack of potatoes, present participle going down like a sack of potatoes, simple past went down like a sack of potatoes, past participle gone down like a sack of potatoes)

  1. (informal, simile) To fall hard and fast; to fall ungracefully.

Questions about going down like a sack of potatoes

What is going down like a sack of potatoes the present participle and gerund of?
Going down like a sack of potatoes is the present participle and gerund of go down like a sack of potatoes.

Words near going down like a sack of potatoes in the dictionary

  1. going down in history
  2. going down like a cup of cold sick
  3. going down like a cup of sick
  4. going down like a lead balloon
  5. going down like a lead zeppelin
  6. going down like a sack of potatoes
  7. going down on
  8. going down south
  9. going down swinging
  10. going down that road
  11. going down the drain

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