far gone
idiom
informal
: in a very bad, weak, or confused condition because of being sick, tired, drunk, etc.
He had been drinking for a couple of hours, so he was pretty far gone by then.
She was too far gone to understand what we were asking her.
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Cook tried to convince Ruby that love and Damone’s fame wouldn’t protect her, but the woman was too far gone.
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025
Mary, who’d been chatty and energetic just months earlier, was too far gone to speak.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Everything was in flux, leadership changed, and things were too far gone by the end to hope to revive them if that revival counted on audiences showing up and trusting the DCEU after nine straight years of obvious rejection.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The company said in its April 14 X post that 58 people have so far gone to space under the New Shepard program.
—David Chiu, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025
Mary, who’d been chatty and energetic just months earlier, was too far gone to speak.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Everything was in flux, leadership changed, and things were too far gone by the end to hope to revive them if that revival counted on audiences showing up and trusting the DCEU after nine straight years of obvious rejection.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The company said in its April 14 X post that 58 people have so far gone to space under the New Shepard program.
—David Chiu, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Far gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20gone. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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