go hungry

Verb

Meaning

go hungry (third-person singular simple present goes hungry, present participle going hungry, simple past went hungry, past participle gone hungry)

To miss a meal.
Don't let him go hungry - that's child abuse, isn't it?

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Synonyms

diet fasting starve famish

Examples

Prayer is food for the soul. Do not starve the soul, it is better to let the body go hungry. Do not judge anyone, forgive everyone. Consider yourself worse than everyone in the world and you will be saved. As much as possible, be more quiet. Joseph of Optina

I am very shy. If I am flying British Airways and the airhostess asks me two questions, and I don't understand her accent - I will go hungry for the entire flight. Shahrukh Khan

Nobody has to go hungry today. There is plenty of work for a man who wants to work. A kid can make plenty of dough for himself doing almost anything. I was hungry. I had to fight my way along. Freights and the like, fight, fight all the time. The life was tough, but it hardened you. Jack Dempsey

If you are too modest you will go hungry. African Congo Proverb

If you are too modest, then you will go hungry. African Proverb

If you only depend on others, you will soon go hungry. Nepal Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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