English Explanatory Dictionary

go bad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions.
  2. to cease to be reputable and instead become delinquent, criminal, immoral, corrupt or poorly behaved.
  3. To become unsafe.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go bad.wav

Word forms

go bad goes bad going bad went bad gone bad

Synonyms

break bad go to the bad turn evil

Related words

go sour go awry go pear-shaped
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