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gone case

gone case noun: someone or something that is deemed irredeemable, hopeless and beyond help; a doomed person or thing.

Noun

gone case (plural gone cases)

  1. (India, Singapore, idiomatic) Someone or something that is deemed irredeemable, hopeless and beyond help; a doomed person or thing.
    • gone case – something that cannot be saved (eg. he’s a gone case).1991 August 9, Valerie Tan, w:The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, →OCLC, section 3, page 19
    • That ex-lecturer-to-be confirm gone case liao.2006, DanielS, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    lost cause

Synonyms of gone case

Forms of gone case

pluralgone cases

Questions about gone case

What does gone case mean?
Gone case means someone or something that is deemed irredeemable, hopeless and beyond help; a doomed person or thing.
What part of speech is gone case?
Gone case is a noun.
What is the plural of gone case?
The plural of gone case is gone cases.

Words near gone case in the dictionary

  1. gone by the board
  2. gone by the name of
  3. gone by the wayside
  4. gone bye-bye
  5. gone cahoots
  6. gone case
  7. gone cases
  8. gone chapter 11
  9. gone cheap
  10. gone commando
  11. gone coon

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