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gone wide

gone wide is the past participle of go wide.

Meaning of go wide

Verb

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

  1. To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
    • First and foremost, you'll need a wide-angle lens for going wide on your dive.1998, Sport Diver. Vol. 6, No. 6. Pg. 36.
  2. To change frequently.
    • The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrowHedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92
  3. To spread one's attention from a narrow focus to a more diverse one.
    • Then I saw we were not growing deep because we were not going wide.2003, Paul Wilkes, Marty Minchin., Best Practices From America's Best Churches

Questions about gone wide

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

Words near gone wide in the dictionary

  1. gone way back
  2. gone west
  3. gone whacks
  4. gone whistle
  5. gone whole hog
  6. gone wide
  7. gone wild
  8. gone with
  9. gone with a swing
  10. gone with one's gut
  11. gone with the flow

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