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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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The 36-year-old said her "mind went blank and she just ran in" after the 10-month-old puppy looked like she was struggling against the strong current.

From BBC

For once, nobody rambled, nobody went off script, and almost everyone remembered to thank their mum.

From BBC

Like many Old West boomtowns, it went bust, until skiing became the new gold.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rangers had a "£20m net spend" in the summer and went again in January in a major way.

From BBC

He rarely went abroad and - reportedly - lived frugally in a compound in central Tehran with his wife, six children and many grandchildren.

From BBC

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