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going from bad to worse

going from bad to worse is the present participle and gerund 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 going from bad to worse

What is going from bad to worse the present participle and gerund of?
Going from bad to worse is the present participle and gerund of go from bad to worse.

Words near going from bad to worse in the dictionary

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

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