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go soft

go soft verb: to be mediocre or not particularly excellent.

Verb

go soft (third-person singular simple present goes soft, present participle going soft, simple past went soft, past participle gone soft)

  1. (intransitive, ironic, slang, stative) To be mediocre or not particularly excellent.
    • Goes kinda soft tbh.
    Antonyms:
    go hard
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, soft. literally, “to become soft”.
    • My penis usually goes soft midsex.

Antonyms of go soft

Forms of go soft

third-person singular presentgoes soft
present participlegoing soft
pastwent soft
past participlegone soft

Origin of go soft

An ironic inversion of go hard.

Questions about go soft

What does go soft mean?
Go soft means to be mediocre or not particularly excellent.
What part of speech is go soft?
Go soft is a verb.
What is the past tense of go soft?
The past tense of go soft is went soft.

Words near go soft in the dictionary

  1. go slow
  2. go slows
  3. go snake
  4. go so far as
  5. go soak your head
  6. go soft
  7. go someone, it's your birthday
  8. go sour
  9. go south
  10. go spare
  11. go steady

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