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goes to the bad

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

Meaning of go to the bad

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of go bad (“to become delinquent or criminal”).
    • His career, though scholastic, was varied, and had included going to the bad and repenting thereafter.1924 June 4, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, chapter VII, in A Passage to India, London: Edward Arnold & Co., →OCLC, part I (Mosque), page 59
    Synonyms:
    go bad

Questions about goes to the bad

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

Words near goes to the bad in the dictionary

  1. goes to shit
  2. goes to show
  3. goes to sleep
  4. goes to smash
  5. goes to someone's head
  6. goes to the bad
  7. goes to the bathroom
  8. goes to the bow-wows
  9. goes to the country
  10. goes to the devil
  11. goes to the dogs

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