go hostile

verb

To engage in a hostile takeover of another company.

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Meanings

verbgo hostile (third-person singular simple present goes hostile, present participle going hostile, simple past went hostile, past participle gone hostile)

present singular third person goes hostile · participle present going hostile · past went hostile · participle past gone hostile

  1. businessTo engage in a hostile takeover of another company.

    Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.

    2008, Jessica Mintz, “Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile today”, in ABC News
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APA

go hostile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20hostile

MLA

“go hostile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20hostile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go hostile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20hostile.

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