- (of a thing) used up
- ‘Where's the coffee?’ ‘It's all gone.’
- (of a person) having left a place; away from a place
- ‘Is Tom here?’ ‘No, he was gone before I arrived.’
- (formal) used to say that a particular situation no longer exists
- The days are gone when you could leave your door unlocked at night.
- (British English, informal) having been pregnant for the length of time mentioned
- She's seven months gone.
- How far gone are you?
Idioms
See gone in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe dead and gone
- (informal) to be dead
- You'll be sorry you said that when I'm dead and gone.
- That won't happen until long after 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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