"go Pete Tong" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: goes Pete Tong [present, singular, third-person], going Pete Tong [participle, present], went Pete Tong [past], gone Pete Tong [participle, past]
Etymology: Named after disc jockey Pete Tong, coined by Paul Oakenfold in late 1987. Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> Pete Tong}} go Pete Tong (third-person singular simple present goes Pete Tong, present participle going Pete Tong, simple past went Pete Tong, past participle gone Pete Tong)
  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) To go wrong. Tags: Cockney, slang Related terms: It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004 film)

Inflected forms

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