go bad

Verb

Meaning

stop operating or functioning

become unfit for consumption or use

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

break down spoil turn break die decay fail corrupt degrade rot deteriorate decompose perish taint wither
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Antonyms

turn the page stay fresh start with a clean sheet start with a clean slate make a recovery be preserved
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Hypernyms

change decay

Hyponyms

crash blow malfunction curdle blow-out addle

Examples

House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad. Erma Bombeck

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. C. S. Lewis

It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad. Gary Bettman

No natural feelings are high or low, holy or unholy, in themselves. They are all holy when God's hand is on the rein. They all go bad when they set up on their own and make themselves into false gods. C. S. Lewis

I like to study failure, actually. My partner says, "I want to know where I'll die so I'll never go there." We want to see what has caused businesses to go bad. The biggest thing that kills them is complacency.... The danger would always be that you rest on your laurels. Warren Buffett

No need for confusion, my dear Mulgrave... Beautiful wine and sour vinegar come from exactly the same source. Curiously if one leaves a bottle of wine open for long enough it will become vinegar. Happily in this house wine never survives long enough to go bad. David Gemmell

Close letter words and terms

go back with something go backward go backwards go badly go bag go bail