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went it

went it is the simple past of go it.

Meaning of go it

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To act or behave in a certain manner, especially in an excessively bold, forceful, or audacious manner.
    • The knowledge of envy was a pleasant feeling to the man of no account. It was intensified later in the day when a luncher at the Club said, spitefully, “Well, for a debilitated Ditcher, Yeere, you are going it. Hasn't any kind friend told you that she's the most dangerous woman in Simla?”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 30
  2. (informal) To proceed, to make progress; go on (expressing encouragement).
    • Boot after boot was tried on until at last a fit was obtained, when in rushed a man, snatched up the customer's hat left near the door, and ran down the street as fast as his legs could carry him. Away went the customer after his hat, and Crispin, standing at the door, clapped his hands, and...1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Questions about went it

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

Words near went it in the dictionary

  1. went in with
  2. went into
  3. went into detail
  4. went into one's shell
  5. went into the long grass
  6. went it
  7. went it alone
  8. went left
  9. went like a dream
  10. went long
  11. went mental

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