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gone on

gone on verb: infatuated with. Also the past participle of go on.

Verb

gone on

  1. (Ireland) Infatuated with.
    • Tillie Boulter says the master is DEAD GONE on her.1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “A Tempest in the School Teapot”, in Anne of Green Gables, →ISBN
    • “And would you like doing that?”
      “I'm not gone on it.”
      She pulled me around so that she could get the light on my face , and she said : “Do it, do as the priest says. It'll help yourself to grow up." […]1951, Francis MacManus, The Fire in the Dust

Also used as

gone on is also the past participle of go on.

Questions about gone on

What does gone on mean?
Gone on means infatuated with.
What part of speech is gone on?
Gone on is a verb.

Words near gone on in the dictionary

  1. gone off the boil
  2. gone off the handle
  3. gone off the res
  4. gone off the reservation
  5. gone off the rez
  6. gone on
  7. gone on by
  8. gone on fire
  9. gone on holiday
  10. gone on one's merry way
  11. gone on record

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