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going down the wrong throat

going down the wrong throat is the present participle and gerund of go down the wrong throat.

Meaning of go down the wrong throat

Verb

go down the wrong throat (third-person singular simple present goes down the wrong throat, present participle going down the wrong throat, simple past went down the wrong throat, past participle gone down the wrong throat)

  1. Synonym of go down the wrong way (“of food or drink: to go down the trachea instead of the esophagus”).

Questions about going down the wrong throat

What is going down the wrong throat the present participle and gerund of?
Going down the wrong throat is the present participle and gerund of go down the wrong throat.

Words near going down the wrong throat in the dictionary

  1. going down the road
  2. going down the toilet
  3. going down the tube
  4. going down the tubes
  5. going down the wrong pipe
  6. going down the wrong throat
  7. going down the wrong way
  8. going down with
  9. going downhill
  10. going downtown
  11. going Dutch

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