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gone down like a sack of potatoes

gone down like a sack of potatoes is the past participle of go down like a sack of potatoes.

Meaning of go down like a sack of potatoes

Verb

go down like a sack of potatoes (third-person singular simple present goes down like a sack of potatoes, present participle going down like a sack of potatoes, simple past went down like a sack of potatoes, past participle gone down like a sack of potatoes)

  1. (informal, simile) To fall hard and fast; to fall ungracefully.

Questions about gone down like a sack of potatoes

What is gone down like a sack of potatoes the past participle of?
Gone down like a sack of potatoes is the past participle of go down like a sack of potatoes.

Words near gone down like a sack of potatoes in the dictionary

  1. gone down in history
  2. gone down like a cup of cold sick
  3. gone down like a cup of sick
  4. gone down like a lead balloon
  5. gone down like a lead zeppelin
  6. gone down like a sack of potatoes
  7. gone down on
  8. gone down south
  9. gone down swinging
  10. gone down that road
  11. gone down the drain

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