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begone
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Begone
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be·gone
/
bɪˈgɔn, -ˈgɒn
/
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[
bih-
gawn
, -
gon
]
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verb (used without object)
to go away; depart (usually used in the imperative).
Origin:
1325–75;
Middle English;
see
be
(imperative),
gone
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begone
(bɪˈɡɒn)
—
sentence substitute
go away!
[C14: from
be
(imperative) +
gone
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
begone
late 14c., contracted from
be
(imperative) +
gone
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
If he caught one pointing for his aerie, he would block the way and bid her sternly
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