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went down the wrong throat

went down the wrong throat is the simple past of go down the wrong throat.

Meaning of go down the wrong throat

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of go down the wrong way (“of food or drink: to go down the trachea instead of the esophagus”).

Questions about went down the wrong throat

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

Words near went down the wrong throat in the dictionary

  1. went down the road
  2. went down the toilet
  3. went down the tube
  4. went down the tubes
  5. went down the wrong pipe
  6. went down the wrong throat
  7. went down the wrong way
  8. went down with
  9. went downhill
  10. went downtown
  11. went Dutch

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