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gang2

Pronunciation: /gaŋ/
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Definition of gang

verb

[no object] Scottish
  • go; proceed:gang to your bed, lass

Phrases

gang agley

(of a plan) go wrong.
[ 1786: from Robert Burns's ‘The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley’ (Poems and Songs)]

Origin:

Old English gangan, of Germanic origin; related to go1

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