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gone narrow

gone narrow is the past participle of go narrow.

Meaning of go narrow

Verb

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

  1. To focus on one thing, person, topic or aspect of a situation.
    • The Common Mind. Philip Petitt. 1996.
      this should not be regarded as a good reason for going narrow.
  2. To change infrequently.
    • The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrowHedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92
  3. To use a narrow-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
    • Going wide to fit it all in will emphasize the foreground at the expense of the background; going narrow with a long lens will preclude the coloured 'jobbies' clinging to the cliff top that I'm trying not to tread on.2013, David Noton., The Vision
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, narrow.

Questions about gone narrow

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

Words near gone narrow in the dictionary

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

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