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going snake

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

Meaning of go snake

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, idiomatic, informal) To act in an erratic or unrestrained manner.
    • Industry watchers note that high prices and record revenues likely mean the sector is headed for strong profits, despite its challenges. / “Prices have gone snake. If you think about it, the tariffs have been a constant over the whole thing. […]” observed James Beck, a forestry professor at the...2004 August 23, Geoffrey Scotton, “Alberta lumber sales roar: Exports, prices put industry on record pace”, in Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, page D4
    Synonyms:
    go crazy, go postal, Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise., blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack, blow one's top, crash out, cut up nasty, cut up rough

Questions about going snake

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

Words near going snake in the dictionary

  1. going round the houses
  2. going round with
  3. going short
  4. going sing
  5. going slap off on
  6. going snake
  7. going so far as
  8. going soft
  9. going sour
  10. going south
  11. going spare

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