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gone great guns

gone great guns is the past participle of go great guns.

Meaning of go great guns

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To perform particularly well; to be particularly successful.
    • The game between Hargate and Lord Dreever was still in progress when Jimmy returned to the billiard-room. . . . "Hargate's been going great guns. I was eleven ahead a moment ago, but he made a break of twelve."1910, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 17, in The Intrusion of Jimmy
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, great guns. (To move or proceed very quickly or energetically.)
    • Sam Fuller and the crew of New York Clipper continue to go great guns and retain a comfortable lead as they approach the south eastern tip of Cuba.2002 December 4, “Cuba Beckons: Clipper Race 2002”, in International Sailing Federation (www.sailing.org), retrieved 05 Nov 2010

Questions about gone great guns

What is gone great guns the past participle of?
Gone great guns is the past participle of go great guns.

Words near gone great guns in the dictionary

  1. gone Galt
  2. gone geese
  3. gone gentle into that good night
  4. gone gold
  5. gone goose
  6. gone great guns
  7. gone green
  8. gone H.A.M.
  9. gone half and half
  10. gone halfsies
  11. gone halves

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