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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break downverb

    stop operating or functioning

    "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

  2. spoil, go badverb

    become unfit for consumption or use

    "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

Wiktionary

  1. go badverb

    Of foods and commodities, to spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions.

  2. go badverb

    Of a person or entity, to cease to be reputable and instead become delinquent, criminal, or poorly behaved.

  3. go badverb

    Of a geographic area, to become unsafe.

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  1. go bad

    To "go bad" is a term generally used to describe a change from a functional, satisfactory, or beneficial state to one that is faulty, unsatisfactory, or harmful. This term is familiarly used to refer to the spoilage or expiration of food but can also be used metaphorically to describe an unfavorable shift in situations, plans, relationships, or even a person's behavior or character.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of go bad in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of go bad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of go bad in a Sentence

  1. Scott Bonneau:

    It's a sprint -- we have to do that because if we tell someone that they can't start for another week or two, a lot of bad things can happen.

  2. Sally Struthers:

    In 1968, my own father passed away, i was still feeling bad and fatherless when I got this show. Carroll and his wife, Nancy, turned out to be as parental with me as he was in the show. Carroll gave me advice, he laughed at my antics, he hugged me all the time – and he introduced me to my husband, [William Rader]! So I gained a father again by doing that show.

  3. Scott Pruitt:

    We know humans have most flourished during times of warming trends. There are assumptions made that because the climate is warming that necessarily is a bad thing.

  4. James Longon:

    Tinged with scandal, this 147-bed dermatological hospital in Rome has bad morale, inefficient administration and $24 million in unpaid vendor bills.

  5. General Manager Kateryna Matiushchenko:

    January and February 2023 were not that bad, better than we planned, given the constant threat of massive attacks and electricity switch-offs.


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