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gang
2
(gang)
Pronunciation:
/gaŋ/
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
go
1
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