"go strong" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes strong [present, singular, third-person], going strong [participle, present], went strong [past], gone strong [participle, past]
Etymology: Combination of go and strong (adverb). The adverb was formed of Old English strong + -e; compare strongly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|strong}} Old English strong Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> strong}} go strong (third-person singular simple present goes strong, present participle going strong, simple past went strong, past participle gone strong)
  1. Do well; succeed.
    Sense id: en-go_strong-en-verb--85D~f9c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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