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She went to smoke vs She quickly went to smoke

Both phrases are correct, but they convey slightly different meanings. "She went to smoke" is a simple statement indicating that she went to smoke without any emphasis on speed. On the other hand, "She quickly went to smoke" adds the detail that she went to smoke in a fast manner.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 653 views

She went to smoke

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is a simple statement indicating that someone went to smoke.

Examples:

She went to smoke after dinner.
He went to smoke outside the building.

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I left the dog inside and went to smoke a cigarette.
Kelli comes out, tell her I went to smoke.
I went outside to smoke a cigarette.
Peter went down to smoke a cigarette every couple of hours.
I went outside to smoke, often.
I thought teachers only went outdoors to smoke and cry.
He went to get smokes for me.
He heard that and went to have a smoke.
The shepherd, who did not smoke, went to fetch a little sack, and onto the table he emptied a pile of acorns.
But she lost everything when she went to jail.
Maybe she went to follow up.
She went to Russia looking for Deadshot.
Your homegirl Beth Davis didn't exist until she went to the academy 12 years ago.
I think she went to the kitchen upstairs.
She went to see the lawyer about her son.
She went to school at Cambridge in England.
She went to jail for impersonating an attorney.
She went to Australia on vacation.
She went to school with our victim.
I heard she went to college on the mainland.

Alternatives:

She went to smoke a cigarette.
She went outside to smoke.
She went to have a smoke.
She went to take a smoke break.
She went to light up a cigarette.

She quickly went to smoke

This phrase is correct and adds the detail that she went to smoke in a fast manner.

This phrase emphasizes the speed at which someone went to smoke.

Examples:

She quickly went to smoke before the meeting started.
He quickly went to smoke during the break.

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So I quickly went to work with a great team around me.
I left the dog inside and went to smoke a cigarette.
Journalism went to the dogs when we weren't allowed to smoke inside anymore.
Kelli comes out, tell her I went to smoke.
The nation quickly went into an uproar.
The firewall of Chinese censorship was punctured this week... as WikiLeaks published 35 videos of the Tibetan protest... which quickly went viral.
Yet President Obama quickly went into action after the failed attack in Detroit and General Petraeus made his third visit to Yemen within a very short space of time.
And she quickly rose to command at his side.
And she loved the idea, but she quickly started rejecting my nominees.
When Cleopatra found out what happened, she quickly followed her lover.
She quickly got the landlord on the phone.
But you get too many stitches on the needle. So she quickly realized crochet was the better thing.
And she quickly said, It's too much.
His guard lowered, she quickly puts him under hypnosis.
But after apollo 13, you're not allowed to smoke on a rocket ship.
Enough to make a man want to smoke.
I just want to smoke my cigarette in silence.
These fire-retardant mattresses make it safe to smoke in bed.
I trust them not to smoke.
I went outside to smoke a cigarette.

Alternatives:

She hurried to smoke.
She rushed to smoke.
She speedily went to smoke.
She darted off to smoke.
She hastened to smoke.

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