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go sour

go sour verb: to spoil, rot, become sour.

Verb

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

  1. To spoil, rot, become sour.
    Synonyms:
    go bad
  2. (figuratively) To become unpleasing, unpleasant, unsatisfying, unfulfilling to one's wishes.
    • The flight went sour after I spilled coffee all over myself.
    Synonyms:
    turn sour

Synonyms of go sour

Forms of go sour

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

Questions about go sour

What does go sour mean?
Go sour means to spoil, rot, become sour.
What part of speech is go sour?
Go sour is a verb.
What is the past tense of go sour?
The past tense of go sour is went sour.

Words near go sour in the dictionary

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

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