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gone soft

gone soft is the past participle 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 gone soft

What is gone soft the past participle of?
Gone soft is the past participle of go soft.

Words near gone soft in the dictionary

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

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