"go Galt" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: goes Galt [present, singular, third-person], going Galt [participle, present], went Galt [past], gone Galt [participle, past]
Etymology: After John Galt, a fictional character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> Galt}} go Galt (third-person singular simple present goes Galt, present participle going Galt, simple past went Galt, past participle gone Galt)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become a recluse and stop contributing to one's society, especially in the form of taxes, by reducing one's productivity or work or by refusing to follow societal norms that one believes to be unjust. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive

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