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going nap

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

Meaning of go nap

Verb

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

  1. In the game of napoleon, to declare all five tricks a success, rewarded by a double payment all-round.
  2. (UK, broadly, figuratively) To risk everything on a single chance or to bet heavily on a particular outcome.

Questions about going nap

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

Words near going nap in the dictionary

  1. going long
  2. going mad
  3. going mental
  4. going missing
  5. going moggy
  6. going nap
  7. going nap on
  8. going narrow
  9. going native
  10. going negative
  11. going night-night

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