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went to Canossa

went to Canossa is the simple past of go to Canossa.

Meaning of go to Canossa

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To submit to the pope.
  2. (idiomatic) To show humility, to be humbled.

Questions about went to Canossa

What is went to Canossa the simple past of?
Went to Canossa is the simple past of go to Canossa.

Words near went to Canossa in the dictionary

  1. went to bed
  2. went to bed with
  3. went to bed with the chickens
  4. went to bed with the sun
  5. went to Cain's
  6. went to Canossa
  7. went to earth
  8. went to extraordinary lengths
  9. went to grass
  10. went to great lengths
  11. went to ground

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