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going downtown

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

Meaning of go downtown

Verb

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

  1. To be taken into custody at the police station.
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To perform oral sex.
    • Rappin about going downtown on the kitty Let me do you and I won't cum too soon.1998, Dialogue - Volumes 1-3, page 20
    Synonyms:
    go down on
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, downtown.

Questions about going downtown

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

Words near going downtown in the dictionary

  1. going down the wrong pipe
  2. going down the wrong throat
  3. going down the wrong way
  4. going down with
  5. going downhill
  6. going downtown
  7. going Dutch
  8. going easy
  9. going equipped
  10. going ER
  11. going face

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