gone

[ gawn, gon ]

/ gɔn, gɒn /

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verb

past participle of go¹.

adjective

departed; left.

lost or hopeless.

ruined.

that has passed away; dead.

past.

weak and faint: a gone feeling.

used up.

Slang.

pregnant: two months gone.
great; outstanding.
exhilarated; inspired.

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Idioms about gone

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.

Words nearby gone

gondoletta, gondolier, Gondomar, Gondwana, Gondwanaland, gone, gone away, gone goose, goneness, goner, Goneril

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How to use gone in a sentence

How far has Congress really evolved on race when in 50 years it has gone from one black senator to two?
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As long ago as the early 1970s, he had gone on to support most civil rights-related legislation.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Under the current president and his predecessor, Jett notes, the ambassadorship of Belize has gone to college roommates.
U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale|William O’Connor|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“The United States had gone to war declaring it must destroy an active weapons of mass destruction program,” the Times reported.
Political Memes That Absolutely Must Die in 2015|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Not long after the holiday presents are put away and the guests have gone home, another season begins.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for gone

gone

/ (ɡɒn) /

verb

the past participle of go 1

adjective (usually postpositive)

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

(usually foll by on) slang 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

pastit's gone midnight

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with gone

gone

In addition to the idioms beginning with gone

gone coon, a
gone goose
gone with the wind

also see:

a goner
all gone
dead and buried (gone)
far gone
going, going, gone
here today, gone tomorrow
to hell and gone

Also see undergo.

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