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going to the country

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

Meaning of go to the country

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To appeal to the feeling of the community by calling a general election
    • According to polls, Labour is on course to make significant gains in Scotland when Rishi Sunak finally goes to the country.2024 April 29, Editorial, “The Guardian view on Humza Yousaf’s resignation: miscalculation leads to crisis”, in The Guardian, UK, →ISSN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, country.

Questions about going to the country

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

Words near going to the country in the dictionary

  1. going to smash
  2. going to someone's head
  3. going to the bad
  4. going to the bathroom
  5. going to the bow-wows
  6. going to the country
  7. going to the devil
  8. going to the dogs
  9. going to the ends of the earth
  10. going to the ends of the world
  11. going to the goat's house for wool

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