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gone snake

gone snake is the past participle of go snake.

Meaning of go snake

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, idiomatic, informal) To act in an erratic or unrestrained manner.
    • Industry watchers note that high prices and record revenues likely mean the sector is headed for strong profits, despite its challenges. / “Prices have gone snake. If you think about it, the tariffs have been a constant over the whole thing. […]” observed James Beck, a forestry professor at the...2004 August 23, Geoffrey Scotton, “Alberta lumber sales roar: Exports, prices put industry on record pace”, in Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, page D4
    Synonyms:
    go crazy, go postal, Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise., blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack, blow one's top, crash out, cut up nasty, cut up rough

Questions about gone snake

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

Words near gone snake in the dictionary

  1. gone round the houses
  2. gone round with
  3. gone short
  4. gone sing
  5. gone slap off on
  6. gone snake
  7. gone so far as
  8. gone soft
  9. gone sour
  10. gone south
  11. gone straight

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