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went down fighting

went down fighting is the simple past of go down fighting.

Meaning of go down fighting

Verb

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

  1. To continue resisting, struggling, or putting up a strong effort until the very end, even when defeat is inevitable.

Questions about went down fighting

What is went down fighting the simple past of?
Went down fighting is the simple past of go down fighting.

Words near went down fighting in the dictionary

  1. went crazy
  2. went cunch
  3. went dark
  4. went deep
  5. went down
  6. went down fighting
  7. went down in flames
  8. went down in history
  9. went down like a cup of cold sick
  10. went down like a cup of sick
  11. went down like a lead balloon

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