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gone hostile

gone hostile is the past participle of go hostile.

Meaning of go hostile

Verb

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

  1. To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.
    • Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.2008, Jessica Mintz, “Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile today”, in ABC News

Questions about gone hostile

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

Words near gone hostile in the dictionary

  1. gone hard in the paint
  2. gone haywire
  3. gone Hollywood
  4. gone home
  5. gone horribly right
  6. gone hostile
  7. gone hungry
  8. gone in
  9. gone in at one ear and at out the other
  10. gone in circles
  11. gone in off

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