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go from bad to worse

go from bad to worse verb: to become even worse.

Verb

go from bad to worse (third-person singular simple present goes from bad to worse, present participle going from bad to worse, simple past went from bad to worse, past participle gone from bad to worse)

  1. To become even worse.
    • Unhappily, since this was written, mining has gone from bad to worse: some mines are quite given up, others only keep their pumping-engine at work; even the best have closed their poorer workings.1874 September, “Pilchards and Pilchard-Catchers; or, How We Live in West Penwith”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CXVI, number DCCVII, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons; London...

Forms of go from bad to worse

third-person singular presentgoes from bad to worse
present participlegoing from bad to worse
pastwent from bad to worse
past participlegone from bad to worse

Questions about go from bad to worse

What does go from bad to worse mean?
Go from bad to worse means to become even worse.
What part of speech is go from bad to worse?
Go from bad to worse is a verb.
What is the past tense of go from bad to worse?
The past tense of go from bad to worse is went from bad to worse.

Words near go from bad to worse in the dictionary

  1. go for your life
  2. go forth
  3. go forth and multiply
  4. go free
  5. go from 0 to 100
  6. go from bad to worse
  7. go from strength to strength
  8. go from zero to hero
  9. go fuck oneself
  10. go fuck your mother
  11. go fuck yourself sideways

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