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go bad



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Idioms and Phrases

Spoil, decay; also, turn to crime. For example, You can tell from the smell that this milk has gone bad , or If he keeps running around with that street gang, he's sure to go bad . [Late 1800s]
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When things go bad, it's always interesting for a researcher — although it's not interesting to live through it!

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A man accused of murdering his partner claimed her death was the result of "sex gone bad", a court has heard.

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Beausoleil, a former Manson associate who was convicted of killing Gary Hinman for a drug deal gone bad, believes that Manson’s motivation behind orchestrating the 1969 killing spree is much more simple.

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It was a humbling reminder that things can go bad faster than we ever think they could, and it made the elevator jam a gripping occurrence.

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“I was expecting online school to go worse,” Fuhrman said at the end of the day.

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