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go hostile

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
go hos-tile
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

goes hostile (present, singular) going hostile (participle, present) went hostile (past) gone hostile (participle, past)

Questions

What does go hostile mean?
To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.

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