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gone to the scaffold

gone to the scaffold is the past participle of go to the scaffold.

Meaning of go to the scaffold

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be executed (usually by hanging or beheading).
    • More and more people went to the scaffold as the Terror tightened its grip.1998, Nigel Kelly, Rosemary Rees, Jane Shuter, Britain 1750-1900, page 83

Questions about gone to the scaffold

What is gone to the scaffold the past participle of?
Gone to the scaffold is the past participle of go to the scaffold.

Words near gone to the scaffold in the dictionary

  1. gone to the mat
  2. gone to the mats
  3. gone to the mattresses
  4. gone to the polls
  5. gone to the restroom
  6. gone to the scaffold
  7. gone to the toilet
  8. gone to the trouble
  9. gone to the wall
  10. gone to the washroom
  11. gone to the well

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