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went hard

went hard is the simple past of go hard.

Meaning of go hard

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc.
    • If the battle cry of our government’s response to the global financial crisis was “go early, go hard, go households”, this government’s approach to the current crisis seems to be “go late, go half-measures, and go ... well ... go to Hillsong”.2020 March 16, Kevin Rudd, “The government's coronavirus crisis approach is 'go late, go half-measures, and go to Hillsong'”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    go strong
  2. (intransitive, slang, stative) To be excellent.
    • Did you hear this band's new album? Yeah, it went hard af!
    Antonyms:
    go soft
  3. (intransitive, slang) To have sex vigorously.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, hard.
    • I wanted to eat some bread but it had gone hard.

Questions about went hard

What is went hard the simple past of?
Went hard is the simple past of go hard.

Words near went hard in the dictionary

  1. went halfsies
  2. went halves
  3. went ham
  4. went hand in hand
  5. went hang
  6. went hard
  7. went hard in the paint
  8. went haywire
  9. went Hollywood
  10. went home
  11. went horribly right

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