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going soft

going soft is the present participle and gerund of go soft.

Meaning of go soft

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, ironic, slang, stative) To be mediocre or not particularly excellent.
    • Goes kinda soft tbh.
    Antonyms:
    go hard
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, soft. literally, “to become soft”.
    • My penis usually goes soft midsex.

Questions about going soft

What is going soft the present participle and gerund of?
Going soft is the present participle and gerund of go soft.

Words near going soft in the dictionary

  1. going short
  2. going sing
  3. going slap off on
  4. going snake
  5. going so far as
  6. going soft
  7. going sour
  8. going south
  9. going spare
  10. going steady
  11. going straight

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