Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go bad

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.41 in modern English

Syllables
go bad
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions.

verb

to cease to be reputable and instead become delinquent, criminal, immoral, corrupt or poorly behaved.

verb

To become unsafe.

Inflected Forms

goes bad (present, singular) going bad (participle, present) went bad (past) gone bad (participle, past)

Phrases

go sour go awry go pear-shaped

Frequently Paired Words

go sour go awry go pear-shaped

Synonyms

break bad go to the bad turn evil spoil fail give way die give out conk out go break break down

Questions

What does go bad mean?
To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions.

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