gone in (on)

verb

past participle of go in (on)
as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against law enforcement officials decided to wait before going in on the barricaded gunman

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone in (on)
  1. attacked
  2. assaulted
  3. charged
Verb
  • Once in sight of land at last, the ship is attacked (by the French, as this is during the French and Indian War), with consequences falling hardest on the Clems.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Second, during a July test, OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face systems in a move unrelated to its task.
    — Stephen Pitt-Walker, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • An anti-corruption commission spokesperson told state media Wednesday that officers had gone to the lodge to seize a Lamborghini and a Mercedes-Benz when one of the officials was assaulted.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • During the altercation, one of the suspects pulled out a weapon, and two of the victims were violently assaulted, police said.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of assaulted
Verb
  • Anthropic said Claude can explain unfamiliar financial terms, such as annual percentage rates (APR), and calculate the interest charged across connected accounts.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The first movie, also written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, charged its way to $57 domestically, becoming the biggest live-action Japanese movie in North America, and $113 million globally.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of charged
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“Gone in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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