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went soft

went soft is the simple past 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 went soft

What is went soft the simple past of?
Went soft is the simple past of go soft.

Words near went soft in the dictionary

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

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