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dragonfly207 | 02:45 Mon 08th Aug 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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where did the pharase "went missing" originate?

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There is no record of the verb 'go missing' - or its past tense form, 'went' - before the late 1950s. However, it is just one of many such phrases...such as 'went mad' or 'went native'...some of which date back to the 16th century.
08:25 Mon 08th Aug 2005
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I would have thought 'going AWOL' (absent without official leave, military phrase) was an immediate predecessor?
11:15 Mon 08th Aug 2005

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