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went hostile

went hostile is the simple past of go hostile.

Meaning of go hostile

Verb

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

  1. To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.
    • Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.2008, Jessica Mintz, “Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile today”, in ABC News

Questions about went hostile

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

Words near went hostile in the dictionary

  1. went hard in the paint
  2. went haywire
  3. went Hollywood
  4. went home
  5. went horribly right
  6. went hostile
  7. went hungry
  8. went in
  9. went in at one ear and at out the other
  10. went in circles
  11. went in for

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