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went wide

went wide is the simple past of go wide.

Meaning of go wide

Verb

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

  1. To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
    • First and foremost, you'll need a wide-angle lens for going wide on your dive.1998, Sport Diver. Vol. 6, No. 6. Pg. 36.
  2. To change frequently.
    • The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrowHedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92
  3. To spread one's attention from a narrow focus to a more diverse one.
    • Then I saw we were not growing deep because we were not going wide.2003, Paul Wilkes, Marty Minchin., Best Practices From America's Best Churches

Questions about went wide

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

Words near went wide in the dictionary

  1. went way back
  2. went west
  3. went whacks
  4. went whistle
  5. went whole hog
  6. went wide
  7. went wild
  8. went with
  9. went with a swing
  10. went with one's gut
  11. went with the flow

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