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going hostile

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

Meaning of go hostile

Verb

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

  1. To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.
    • Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.2008, Jessica Mintz, “Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile today”, in ABC News

Questions about going hostile

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

Words near going hostile in the dictionary

  1. going home
  2. going home club
  3. Going Home Day
  4. Going Home Days
  5. going horribly right
  6. going hostile
  7. going hungry
  8. going in
  9. going in at one ear and at out the other
  10. going in circles
  11. going in off

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