go spare en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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To be available or unused.
There's some bacon going spare if anyone wants some more.
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(UK, informal) To become very angry; to become frustrated or distraught: see spare.
The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.
When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.
- (archaic) To be unemployed.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gone spare | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| went spare | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| goes spare | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| going spare | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
fi olla tarjolla (to be available) · it perdere le staffe (to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)) · fi turhautua (to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)) · de die Beherrschung verlieren (to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)) · de sich ärgern (to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)) · de die Fassung verlieren (to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed)) · fi kyllästyä (to become mad (crazy, frustrated or distressed))