be gone on
Example Sentences
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He added: "I thought I would be gone on day two."
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
"AIDS pretty much wiped out my entire generation. The kids in the chorus you'd see on Tuesday, and they'd be gone on Thursday."
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2024
“It doesn’t mean that everyone’s going to be gone on that date.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022
“He said, ‘If I finish my work, I’ll be gone on Wednesday, but if I don’t finish the work, I’ll extend the stay.’
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2021
I waited, annoyed, eager to be gone on my rounds so that I could have time to get home and lie in bed and read the next installment of a thrilling horror story.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
