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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. Juliene Berk:

    Habits - the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.

  2. Andrew Todd:

    What we’ll have to do now is actually start an audit of all of the centers just to see how bad it is or how much evidence we can turn up, if the problem is as big as seems to be indicated, then our systems should be flagging it sooner.

  3. John Cornyn:

    Don’t let the bad decisions of the policymakers and politicians diminish your service in any way, we honor you, we thank you, and we celebrate your service to our great country today.

  4. Keith Kellogg:

    If it was unanimous, that means all of them are accountable for the action. If they all thought it was a good idea and it’s a bad idea, then maybe they should all leave.

  5. Donald Trump:

    They don't have guns. They have knives and instead there's blood all over the floors of this hospital, they say it's as bad as a military war zone hospital... knives, knives, knives. London hasn't been used to that. They're getting used to that. It's pretty tough.


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