I.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dead and gone informal (= completely dead )
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Let’s face it, we’ll all be dead and gone soon.
far gone
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She’s pretty far gone – can you drive her home?
gone AWOL
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Two soldiers had gone AWOL the night before.
gone bad
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This milk has gone bad .
gone flat (= become flat )
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Have you checked that the batteries haven’t gone flat ?
gone horribly wrong
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The plan had gone horribly wrong .
gone insane
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Why did you do that? Have you gone insane ?
gone into remission
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The cancer has gone into remission .
gone into spasm
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Tom’s jaw muscles had gone into spasm .
gone kaput
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The TV’s gone kaput .
gone midnight (= after midnight )
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You can’t phone her now – it’s gone midnight !
gone off
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Do you think the meat’s gone off ?
gone on a binge
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Ken’s gone on a binge with his mates.
gone on an outing
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They had gone on an outing to the pool for Robert’s birthday.
gone out on a limb (= taken a risk )
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He’d gone out on a limb to help us.
gone through hell
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She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight.
gone to extremes
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She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him.
gone unrecorded
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Many of the complaints have gone unrecorded .
gone unrewarded
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His efforts have not gone unrewarded .
gone up the spout
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My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout .
gone...soggy
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The sandwiches have gone all soggy .
in years gone by (= in the past )
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The old fort defended the island in years gone by.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
going, going, gone!
gone for a burton
have gone and done sth
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Kay's gone and lost the car keys!
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Now that his wife is gone , he doesn't get out very much.