"gone case" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gone cases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gone case (plural gone cases)
  1. (Singapore, India, idiomatic) Someone or something that is deemed irredeemable, hopeless and beyond help; a doomed person or thing. Tags: India, Singapore, idiomatic Synonyms: lost cause

Inflected forms

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          "text": "gone case – something that cannot be saved (eg. he’s a gone case).",
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          "ref": "2006, DanielS, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):",
          "text": "That ex-lecturer-to-be confirm gone case liao.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2006, Kantian [pseudonym], soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):",
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