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gone nap

gone nap is the past participle of go nap.

Meaning of go nap

Verb

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

  1. In the game of napoleon, to declare all five tricks a success, rewarded by a double payment all-round.
  2. (UK, broadly, figuratively) To risk everything on a single chance or to bet heavily on a particular outcome.

Questions about gone nap

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

Words near gone nap in the dictionary

  1. gone long
  2. gone mad
  3. gone mental
  4. gone missing
  5. gone moggy
  6. gone nap
  7. gone nap on
  8. gone narrow
  9. gone native
  10. gone negative
  11. gone night-night

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