go bad

English

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Verb

go bad (third-person singular simple present goes bad, present participle going bad, simple past went bad, past participle gone bad)Category:English lemmas#GOBADCategory:English verbs#GOBADCategory:English multiword terms#GOBADCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GOBADCategory:Pages with entries#GO%20BADCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GO%20BAD

  1. (of foods and commodities) To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions.
  2. (of a person or entity) to cease to be reputable and instead become delinquent, criminal, immoral, corrupt or poorly behaved.
    Synonyms: break bad, go to the bad, turn evil
  3. (of a geographic area) To become unsafe.

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References

  • “go bad”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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