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went there

went there is the simple past of go there.

Meaning of go there

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To discuss a subject that is usually avoided as taboo or controversial.
    • LOUISE: Okay, enough with the "tricycle" stuff!
      LADY IN VAN: Why don't you wanna talk about it? Because you're too old to be riding one?
      LOUISE: (laughs) Okay...
      TINA: Whoa.
      LADY IN VAN: That's right: I went there, with a child.2018, Bob's Burgers (TV series), "As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps" (episode)

Questions about went there

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

Words near went there in the dictionary

  1. went the way of the dodo
  2. went the way of the dodo bird
  3. went the whole hog
  4. went the whole pile
  5. went their separate ways
  6. went there
  7. went through
  8. went through fire and water
  9. went through hell
  10. went through hoops
  11. went through the attitudes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: went there (page history and authors); go there (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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