Meanings
verbgo poof (third-person singular simple present goes poof, present participle going poof, simple past went poof, past participle gone poof)
present singular third person goes poof · participle present going poof · past went poof · participle past gone poof
- informalto disappear
Yet-a second look-and zugzwang, and Black's game goes poof!
1954 January, I. A. Horowitz, “How to Win in the Middle Game”, in Chess Review
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