Go under the wrecking ball In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "go under the wrecking ball", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jenne Phuong calendar 2021-11-26 11:11

Meaning of Go under the wrecking ball

Go under the wrecking ball verb phrase

If something "goes under the wrecking ball", it is destroyed or demolished.

I came back to my hometown last summer and I saw my primary school had gone under the wrecking ball.

Looking at my childhood house going under the wrecking ball made my heart broken. My childhood memories went away with the house.

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To destroy an argument, a rule, law, belief or plan; to make something ineffective

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To destroy or put a full stop at something or make something utterly unsuccessful 

Grammar and Usage of Go under the wrecking ball

Verb Forms

  • goes under the wrecking ball
  • going under the wrecking ball
  • gone under the wrecking ball
  • went under the wrecking ball
  • to go under the wrecking ball

The verb “go" should be conjugated according to its tense. 

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