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went strong

went strong is the simple past of go strong.

Meaning of go strong

Verb

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

  1. To do well; to succeed.
    • Merry Peal is a very smart mare[…] and Breba reminds us very much of Mendicant, whose owner bred her. Badly as she was cut up in the Oaks, she was going strong and well in the Vase, when she rolled over.1851, Gayhurst, “Olla Podrida”, in Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 103

Questions about went strong

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

Words near went strong in the dictionary

  1. went so far as
  2. went soft
  3. went sour
  4. went south
  5. went straight
  6. went strong
  7. went supernova
  8. went the distance
  9. went the entire animal
  10. went the entire swine
  11. went the extra mile

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