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gone walkabout

gone walkabout is the past participle of go walkabout.

Meaning of go walkabout

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, UK, colloquial) To go missing from its usual place; to be lost or stolen.
    • The paper shredder seems to have gone walkabout.
    Synonyms:
    go walkies
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, walkabout.
    • You could almost hear him shout 'Geronimo'. It was bound to end in tears. Sure enough when his owner had let him go walkabout on the kitchen table he had taken his chance, raced for the edge, and made his own giant leap for hamsterkind.1995, Nigel Taylor, A vet called Nigel, page 58

Questions about gone walkabout

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

Words near gone walkabout in the dictionary

  1. gone up against
  2. gone up for
  3. gone up in flames
  4. gone up in smoke
  5. gone viral
  6. gone walkabout
  7. gone walkies
  8. gone walking
  9. gone way back
  10. gone west
  11. gone whacks

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