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went from bad to worse

went from bad to worse is the simple past 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 went from bad to worse

What is went from bad to worse the simple past of?
Went from bad to worse is the simple past of go from bad to worse.

Words near went from bad to worse in the dictionary

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

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