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gone to the bad

gone to the bad is the past participle 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 gone to the bad

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

Words near gone to the bad in the dictionary

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

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