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going to the scaffold

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

Meaning of go to the scaffold

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be executed (usually by hanging or beheading).
    • More and more people went to the scaffold as the Terror tightened its grip.1998, Nigel Kelly, Rosemary Rees, Jane Shuter, Britain 1750-1900, page 83

Questions about going to the scaffold

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

Words near going to the scaffold in the dictionary

  1. going to the mat
  2. going to the mats
  3. going to the mattresses
  4. going to the polls
  5. going to the restroom
  6. going to the scaffold
  7. going to the toilet
  8. going to the trouble
  9. going to the wall
  10. going to the washroom
  11. going to the well

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