go through fire and water in English

Forms: goes through fire and water [present, singular, third-person], going through fire and water [participle, present], went through fire and water [past], gone through fire and water [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Referring to ancient ordeals. Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> through fire and water}} go through fire and water (third-person singular simple present goes through fire and water, present participle going through fire and water, simple past went through fire and water, past participle gone through fire and water)

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  "etymology_text": "Referring to ancient ordeals.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes through fire and water",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going through fire and water",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went through fire and water",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone through fire and water",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> through fire and water"
      },
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    }
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        "To undertake any amount of trouble or risk to achieve some end."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) To undertake any amount of trouble or risk to achieve some end."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "go through hell"
        },
        {
          "word": "go to hell and back"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "mennä läpi harmaan kiven"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "skoczyć w ogień"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "go through fire and water"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Referring to ancient ordeals.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes through fire and water",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going through fire and water",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went through fire and water",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone through fire and water",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> through fire and water"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "go through hell"
    },
    {
      "word": "go to hell and back"
    }
  ],
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        "To undertake any amount of trouble or risk to achieve some end."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) To undertake any amount of trouble or risk to achieve some end."
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mennä läpi harmaan kiven"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "skoczyć w ogień"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go through fire and water"
}

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"go through fire and water" meaning in English

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