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went with the wind

went with the wind is the simple past of go with the wind.

Meaning of go with the wind

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To follow the direction of the wind.
  2. (idiomatic) To be carried away by the wind.
  3. (idiomatic) To disappear; to vanish.

Questions about went with the wind

What is went with the wind the simple past of?
Went with the wind is the simple past of go with the wind.

Words near went with the wind in the dictionary

  1. went with one's gut
  2. went with the flow
  3. went with the flow of traffic
  4. went with the territory
  5. went with the turf
  6. went with the wind
  7. went without
  8. went without saying
  9. went wrong
  10. Wentbridge
  11. wente

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