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goes bad

goes bad is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go bad.

Meaning of go bad

Verb

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

  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.
    Synonyms:
    break bad, go to the bad, turn evil
  3. To become unsafe.

Questions about goes bad

What is goes bad the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes bad is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go bad.

Words near goes bad in the dictionary

  1. goes back on
  2. goes back to
  3. goes back to the drawing board
  4. goes back to the tools
  5. goes backwards
  6. goes bad
  7. goes ballistic
  8. goes balls up
  9. goes bananas
  10. goes bankrupt
  11. goes batshit

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