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gone dark

gone dark is the past participle of go dark.

Meaning of go dark

Verb

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

  1. (often) To cease operation or shut down, often for purposes of concealment.
  2. (often) To cease communications.
    • “But this third cell,” Butler said, “they went dark. No one had heard from them in months. That is, until the bombs started going off last week.”2009, Vince Flynn, Pursuit of Honor: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, page 204

Questions about gone dark

What is gone dark the past participle of?
Gone dark is the past participle of go dark.

Words near gone dark in the dictionary

  1. gone coon
  2. gone coons
  3. gone country
  4. gone crazy
  5. gone cunch
  6. gone dark
  7. gone deep
  8. gone down
  9. gone down fighting
  10. gone down in flames
  11. gone down in history

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