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gone both ways

gone both ways is the past participle of go both ways.

Meaning of go both ways

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, both, ways.
    • [...] people generally went by the railroad; that is, decidedly more than went on the dirt road. Witness had seen men go both ways.1907, The Southwestern Reporter, page 571
  2. (informal) To be, or be in, a mutual or reciprocal relationship or obligation.
    • empathy goes both ways
  3. (informal) To be bisexual.
    • I have a straight bitch in the telly going both ways.2004, “How We Do”, in Jayceon Taylor, Mike Elizondo, Curtis J. Jackson, Andre R. Young (lyrics), Andre R. Young and Mike Elizondo (music), The Documentary, performed by The Game (featuring 50 Cent)...
  4. (especially, informal) To be versatile, able to act as either a top or a bottom.
    • When Mark sought my supervision, I taught him the terms top and bottom and explained that gay men usually self-identify as either one or the other. Some men go both ways—calling themselves "versatile"—[…]2011, Joe Kort, Gay Affirmative Therapy for the Straight Clinician, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 180

Questions about gone both ways

What is gone both ways the past participle of?
Gone both ways is the past participle of go both ways.

Words near gone both ways in the dictionary

  1. gone between
  2. gone beyond
  3. gone beyond the pale
  4. gone big or gone home
  5. gone bonkers
  6. gone both ways
  7. gone brrr
  8. gone bust
  9. gone by
  10. gone by lunchtime
  11. gone by the board

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