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went through fire and water

went through fire and water is the simple past of go through fire and water.

Meaning of go through fire and water

Verb

go through fire and water (third-person singular simple present goes through fire and water, present participle going through fire and water, simple past went through fire and water, past participle gone through fire and water)

  1. (dated) To undertake any amount of trouble or risk to achieve some end.

Questions about went through fire and water

What is went through fire and water the simple past of?
Went through fire and water is the simple past of go through fire and water.

Words near went through fire and water in the dictionary

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

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