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went hungry

went hungry is the simple past of go hungry.

Meaning of go hungry

Verb

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

  1. To miss a meal.
    • Don't let him go hungry - that's child abuse, isn't it?

Questions about went hungry

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

Words near went hungry in the dictionary

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

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