begone

[ bih-gawn, -gon ]

verb (used without object)

1. to go away; depart (usually used in the imperative).

begone

/ bɪˈɡɒn /

sentence substitute

1. go away!

Word History and Origins

Origin of begone¹

1325–75; Middle English; be (imperative), gone

Word History and Origins

Origin of begone¹

C14: from be (imperative) + gone

Example Sentences

Andrea stooped out toward the offender and bade him begone in an imperious voice.

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Thus it was a very tattered and woe-begone traveller who was at last delivered at Amadia.

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The old woman frowned and, shaking her fist in the face of the poor forsaken girl, "Begone, witch!"

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A demoralized, woe-begone, wilted, helpless figure was before me in the hall.

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“Begone, O faithful steed,” I said to the eye, and pressed the control in my palm at the same time.

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