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gone for the jugular vein

gone for the jugular vein is the past participle of go for the jugular vein.

Meaning of go for the jugular vein

Verb

go for the jugular vein (third-person singular simple present goes for the jugular vein, present participle going for the jugular vein, simple past went for the jugular vein, past participle gone for the jugular vein)

  1. Synonym of go for the throat.
    • My friend argues that the Appleby case is what set the police off against the cruising at the I-91 rest area, and, the adds the initial media impulse to present Appleby as a mass murderer reveals their go-for-the-jugular-vein homophobic instincts and has helped contribute to the negative image of...1979 February 10, Allen Young, “Living In The Country”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 8

Questions about gone for the jugular vein

What is gone for the jugular vein the past participle of?
Gone for the jugular vein is the past participle of go for the jugular vein.

Words near gone for the jugular vein in the dictionary

  1. gone for it
  2. gone for nothing
  3. gone for the gloves
  4. gone for the gold
  5. gone for the jugular
  6. gone for the jugular vein
  7. gone for the kill
  8. gone for the throat
  9. gone forth
  10. gone free
  11. gone from bad to worse

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