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What does "went like this" mean? and when do you use this expression?

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Rebecca

To "go like this" or "it went like this" introduces an example or a detailed description or imitation of something. Here, he is referring to the bell in the school, and uses the phrase "it went like this" to introduce the sound he is going to make to imitate the bell.

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