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go bad
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]Example Sentences
When things go bad, it's always interesting for a researcher — although it's not interesting to live through it!
A man accused of murdering his partner claimed her death was the result of "sex gone bad", a court has heard.
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.
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.
“I was expecting online school to go worse,” Fuhrman said at the end of the day.
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