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go

verb [I] (BE SOLD)
 
 
/ɡəʊ/ US  /ɡoʊ/ (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

to be sold or be available: The shop is having a closing-down sale - everything must go. The painting will go to the highest bidder. I bought some flowers that were going cheap. "Going... going... gone! (= Sold!)" said the auctioneer, banging down the hammer.Available and accessiblePresentBuying and selling in general
(Definition of go verb (BE SOLD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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