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goes from bad to worse

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

Meaning of go from bad to 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...

Questions about goes from bad to worse

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

Words near goes from bad to worse in the dictionary

  1. goes for the kill
  2. goes for the throat
  3. goes forth
  4. goes free
  5. goes from 0 to 100
  6. goes from bad to worse
  7. goes from strength to strength
  8. goes from zero to hero
  9. goes gaga over
  10. goes Galt
  11. goes gentle into that good night

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