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going to Canossa

going to Canossa is the present participle and gerund of go to Canossa.

Meaning of go to Canossa

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To submit to the pope.
  2. (idiomatic) To show humility, to be humbled.

Questions about going to Canossa

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

Words near going to Canossa in the dictionary

  1. going to bed
  2. going to bed with
  3. going to bed with the chickens
  4. going to bed with the sun
  5. going to Cain's
  6. going to Canossa
  7. going to earth
  8. going to extraordinary lengths
  9. going to grass
  10. going to great lengths
  11. going to ground

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