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went negative

went negative is the simple past of go negative.

Meaning of go negative

Verb

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

  1. (US) To focus on attacking political opponents rather than promoting oneself.
    • After losing several primaries and facing a campaign debt of $250,000, his associates persuaded him to go negative.2008, Lynda Lee Kaid, Christina Holtz-Bacha, Encyclopedia of Political Communication, volume 1

Questions about went negative

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

Words near went negative in the dictionary

  1. went moggy
  2. went nap
  3. went nap on
  4. went narrow
  5. went native
  6. went negative
  7. went night-night
  8. went nowhere
  9. went nowhere fast
  10. went nuclear
  11. went nuts

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