gone

gone
I UK [ɡɒn] / US [ɡɔn] adjective [never before noun]
1)
a) someone who is gone is no longer present in a place

I'll be gone for about half an hour.

Bob and his family have been gone about six months now.

b) something that is gone no longer exists or has all been used

Sadly, those days are gone now.

all gone:

The milk's all gone.

2) informal no longer able to behave or think normally, usually because of alcohol or drugs
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three/four/five etc months gone — British

informal pregnant for three/four/five etc months


II UK [ɡɒn] / US [ɡɔn] preposition British informal
after a particular time

It was gone ten o'clock by the time they arrived.


III UK [ɡɒn] / US [ɡɔn]
the past participle of go I

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