What is the meaning of GONE. Phrases containing GONE
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A goner, past recover, a lost man. Also called a gone sucker and a Gone Goose.
Description for a mistake or error of epic proportions. e.g. "Let's get out of here boss — it's all gone tits-up!", Contributor has no idea where this one comes from, just knows it's pretty common across the country and has been since they were a child. Brad (an ex-GI) sent in the following explanation: Tits-up is how a farmer hates to find his cows pr sheep 'cos a cow that's gone tits-up isn't much use! In other words it's dead! Is also used to describe a defective vehicle, project or piece of technology. A similar expression is 'belly-up' which is probably a euphemism for tits-up. The term is also used in US Military slang, abbreviated to "Tango Uniform" (which in the the phonetic alphabet is 'T-U').
in a bad condition or situation (“the economic situation in Nfld is goneâ€)
Gone for a Burton is slang for missing, broken.Gone for a Burton was British RAF slang for dead, shot−down.
Exposed, dilemma, caught. e.g. "Did you hear old Tom was found with some stolen television sets? No I didn't, but I'm sure he's gone a million"
Gone camping is nursing slang for placed in an oxygen tent.
Gone Gosling is American slang for a person or thing beyond hope or help.
Gonef is British slang for a thief.
Pete Tong (going/gone a bit ...)
Degenerating situation, e.g. "It's all gone a bit Pete Tong.". From Pete Tong, a Radio 1 DJ in the UK who presented a house/ garage/dance - music show on Friday nights (a pre-club get-ready show, then), and this was the catchphrase used in the adverts for his show. I think he meant it as "it's all gone a bit wild", bit it's since been changed to mean "it's all gone wrong" (prob. along the lines of Cockney Slang,).
Laid off
Gone is slang for in an exhilarated state, as through music or the use of drugs. Gone is slang for excellent, inspired.
Goner is slang for a person or thing beyond help or recovery, especially a person who is dead or about to die.
He’s a real gone cat: knowledgeable about hip stuff (courtesy of Fred Bluford)
Gone Coon is American slang for a person or thing beyond hope or help.
Gone to bed is London Cockney rhyming slang for dead.
Gone Goose is American slang for a person or thing beyond hope or help.
Gone native is British police slang for a policeman turned criminal.
Gone west is British slang for passed. Gone west is British slang for failed. Gone west is British slang for dead.
Gonest is Black−American slang for the best
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n.
A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
n.
A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
a.
No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.
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Past; gone by.
v.
Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
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Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place.
n.
Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.
v. i.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
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Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle.
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Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
p. p.
Stepped; gone; advanced.
p. p.
Gone.
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Something gone by or past; a past event.
n.
A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake.
adv.
Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
n.
The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy.
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Past; gone by.
v. i.
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
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Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
n.
That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
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