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going hungry

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

Meaning of go hungry

Verb

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

  1. To miss a meal.
    • Don't let him go hungry - that's child abuse, isn't it?

Questions about going hungry

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

Words near going hungry in the dictionary

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

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