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went down swinging

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

Meaning of go down swinging

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of go down fighting.

Questions about went down swinging

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

Words near went down swinging in the dictionary

  1. went down like a lead balloon
  2. went down like a lead zeppelin
  3. went down like a sack of potatoes
  4. went down on
  5. went down south
  6. went down swinging
  7. went down that road
  8. went down the drain
  9. went down the khazi
  10. went down the pan
  11. went down the road

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