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gone from bad to worse

gone from bad to worse is the past participle 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 gone from bad to worse

What is gone from bad to worse the past participle of?
Gone from bad to worse is the past participle of go from bad to worse.

Words near gone from bad to worse in the dictionary

  1. gone for the jugular vein
  2. gone for the kill
  3. gone for the throat
  4. gone forth
  5. gone free
  6. gone from bad to worse
  7. gone from strength to strength
  8. gone from zero to hero
  9. gone gaga over
  10. gone Galt
  11. gone geese

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