fosse andato

had gone

→ essere
phrase Rare #34,659
had gone Used in a past subjunctive construction; the exact translation depends on context.
IT: Pensavo che fosse andato a casa.
EN: I thought he had gone home.

Pensavo fosse andato ad Harvard.

I thought he had gone to Harvard.

Non avrei mai pensato che fosse andato incontro a un tale destino.

I never would have thought that he had met such a fate.

— Rashomon (1950)

Ma ero convinto fosse andato smarrito.

But I was convinced it had gone missing.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Pensavo che Tom se ne fosse andato.

I thought Tom was gone.

Nessuno credeva che lui fosse andato in Svizzera.

Nobody believed that he had gone to Switzerland.

Altri erano curiosi di sapere come fosse andato il mio giro commerciale.

Others were curious to know how my business trip had gone.

E se fosse andato storto qualcosa?

What if something went wrong?