go spare
To be available or unusedTo be available or unused.
» It's enough to make you go spare!
Es ist zum Verrücktwerden! — Esperantostern
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3 sensesTo be available or unused.
There's some bacon going spare if anyone wants some more.
(UK, informal)To become very angry; to become frustrated or distraught: see spare.
When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.
The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.
die Fassung verlieren, die Beherrschung verlieren, sich ärgern
(archaic)To be unemployed.
Examples
3 sentencesIt's enough to make you go spare!
deEs ist zum Verrücktwerden! — Esperantostern
Tobias went to the spare bedroom upstairs.
You saved my life once, and in return I'm going to spare yours, but that's all I can do.
deDu hast mir einst das Leben gerettet, und zum Dank verschone ich das deine, aber das ist alles, was ich tun kann. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesForms
goes spare, going spare, went spare, gone spare| Base form | go spare · to go spare |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | goes spare |
| Present participle | going spare |
| Past simple | went spare |
| Past participle | gone spare |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.