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went poof

went poof is the simple past of go poof.

Meaning of go poof

Verb

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

  1. (informal) to disappear
    • Yet-a second look-and zugzwang, and Black's game goes poof!1954 January, I. A. Horowitz, “How to Win in the Middle Game”, in Chess Review

Questions about went poof

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

Words near went poof in the dictionary

  1. went pear-shaped
  2. went pearshaped
  3. went phut
  4. went places
  5. went platinum
  6. went poof
  7. went postal
  8. went potty
  9. went public
  10. went quietly
  11. went rogue

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