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gone
/ ɡɒ /
verb
- the past participle of go 1
adjective
- ended; past
- lost; ruined (esp in the phrases gone goose or gosling )
- dead or near to death
- spent; consumed; used up
- informal.faint or weak
- informal.having been pregnant (for a specified time)
six months gone
- slang.usually foll by on in love (with)
- slang.in an exhilarated state, as through music or the use of drugs
- gone out informal.blank and without comprehension, as if stupefied in surprise
adverb
- past
it's gone midnight
Word History and Origins
Origin of gone1
Idioms and Phrases
- far gone,
- much advanced; deeply involved.
- nearly exhausted; almost worn out.
- dying:
The rescue party finally reached the scene of the crash, but most of the survivors were already far gone.
- gone on, Informal. infatuated with; in love with:
He is still gone on the woman who jilted him.
More idioms and phrases containing gone
- a goner
- all gone
- dead and buried (gone)
- far gone
- going, going, gone
- here today, gone tomorrow
- to hell and gone
Example Sentences
The mentioned calls for more intensity have largely gone unheeded and he considers this season has been one of the hardest of his career to balance egos.
"This was no accident, this was no mistake, you made sure she was gone and was never coming back."
"I had gone to a family friend's house for a meal, and we began watching the conclave. The moment the white smoke rose, I started to tremble. I became incredibly nervous," he said.
That franchise has gone 54 consecutive years without taking a quarterback in the first round, easily an NFL record.
Starring Tom Hardy as a "jaded" detective, Havoc tells the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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