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went for the kill

went for the kill is the simple past of go for the kill.

Meaning of go for the kill

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of go for the throat.

Questions about went for the kill

What is went for the kill the simple past of?
Went for the kill is the simple past of go for the kill.

Words near went for the kill in the dictionary

  1. went for nothing
  2. went for the gloves
  3. went for the gold
  4. went for the jugular
  5. went for the jugular vein
  6. went for the kill
  7. went for the throat
  8. went forth
  9. went free
  10. went from 0 to 100
  11. went from bad to worse

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