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going negative

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

Meaning of go negative

Verb

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

  1. (US) To focus on attacking political opponents rather than promoting oneself.
    • After losing several primaries and facing a campaign debt of $250,000, his associates persuaded him to go negative.2008, Lynda Lee Kaid, Christina Holtz-Bacha, Encyclopedia of Political Communication, volume 1

Questions about going negative

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

Words near going negative in the dictionary

  1. going moggy
  2. going nap
  3. going nap on
  4. going narrow
  5. going native
  6. going negative
  7. going night-night
  8. going nowhere
  9. going nowhere fast
  10. going nuclear
  11. going nuts

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