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went down like a sack of potatoes

went down like a sack of potatoes is the simple past of go down like a sack of potatoes.

Meaning of go down like a sack of potatoes

Verb

go down like a sack of potatoes (third-person singular simple present goes down like a sack of potatoes, present participle going down like a sack of potatoes, simple past went down like a sack of potatoes, past participle gone down like a sack of potatoes)

  1. (informal, simile) To fall hard and fast; to fall ungracefully.

Questions about went down like a sack of potatoes

What is went down like a sack of potatoes the simple past of?
Went down like a sack of potatoes is the simple past of go down like a sack of potatoes.

Words near went down like a sack of potatoes in the dictionary

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  5. went down like a lead zeppelin
  6. went down like a sack of potatoes
  7. went down on
  8. went down south
  9. went down swinging
  10. went down that road
  11. went down the drain

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