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gone hard

gone hard is the past participle of go hard.

Meaning of go hard

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc.
    • If the battle cry of our government’s response to the global financial crisis was “go early, go hard, go households”, this government’s approach to the current crisis seems to be “go late, go half-measures, and go ... well ... go to Hillsong”.2020 March 16, Kevin Rudd, “The government's coronavirus crisis approach is 'go late, go half-measures, and go to Hillsong'”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    go strong
  2. (intransitive, slang, stative) To be excellent.
    • Did you hear this band's new album? Yeah, it went hard af!
    Antonyms:
    go soft
  3. (intransitive, slang) To have sex vigorously.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, hard.
    • I wanted to eat some bread but it had gone hard.

Questions about gone hard

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

Words near gone hard in the dictionary

  1. gone halfsies
  2. gone halves
  3. gone ham
  4. gone hand in hand
  5. gone hang
  6. gone hard
  7. gone hard in the paint
  8. gone haywire
  9. gone Hollywood
  10. gone home
  11. gone horribly right

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