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Definition of gone adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

gone

adjective

NAmE//ɡɔn//

, NAmE//ɡɑn//

[not before noun]

1(of a thing) used up “Where's the coffee?” “It's all gone.”

2(of a person) having left a place; away from a place “Is Tom here?” “No, he was gone before I arrived.”

3(formal) used to say that a particular situation no longer exists The days are gone when you could leave your door unlocked at night. see go

Idioms

be dead and gone (informal)

to be dead You'll be sorry you said that when I'm dead and gone.

going, going, gone (also going once, going twice, sold)

said by an auctioneer to show that an item has been sold

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