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gone strong

gone strong is the past participle of go strong.

Meaning of go strong

Verb

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

  1. To do well; to succeed.
    • Merry Peal is a very smart mare[…] and Breba reminds us very much of Mendicant, whose owner bred her. Badly as she was cut up in the Oaks, she was going strong and well in the Vase, when she rolled over.1851, Gayhurst, “Olla Podrida”, in Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 103

Questions about gone strong

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

Words near gone strong in the dictionary

  1. gone so far as
  2. gone soft
  3. gone sour
  4. gone south
  5. gone straight
  6. gone strong
  7. gone supernova
  8. gone the distance
  9. gone the entire animal
  10. gone the entire swine
  11. gone the extra mile

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