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be gone
a) to be no longer in a particular place :
The door slammed and he was gone.
I turned round for my bag and it was gone.
The door slammed and he was gone.
I turned round for my bag and it was gone.b) to be dead or to no longer exist :
His wife's been gone for several years.
Many of the old houses are gone now.
His wife's been gone for several years.
Many of the old houses are gone now.➔ dead and gone
at dead1 (1)2 to be very attracted to someone of the opposite sex :
Kate's really gone on that boy next door.
be gone on somebody
British English informal
Kate's really gone on that boy next door.3 to have been pregnant for five, six etc months
