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went

1 American  
[went] / wɛnt /

verb

  1. simple past tense of go.

  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of go.

went 2 American  
[went] / wɛnt /

verb

  1. Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of wend.

went British  
/ wɛnt /

verb

  1. the past tense of go 1

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To say, the post went viral is to understate the interest it generated.

From MarketWatch

My husband, daughter, son-in-law and I all went to the bank.

From MarketWatch

And there was this part of me that went back to being a guy from Kentucky that was like, “Dude, you can’t talk to me like that.”

From Los Angeles Times

I’m assuming when you went to the Gotham Awards you were not thinking “I’m going to give James Cameron a piece of my mind tonight.”

From Los Angeles Times

But I pressed on, kept it short and off it went.

From Los Angeles Times

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