go bad
idiom
: to no longer be fresh enough to eat or drink : to become spoiled
Is the milk still good or has it gone bad?
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Capo Creek doesn’t have a generator, so the refrigerated and frozen items Roy planned to serve at the restaurant this week will go bad.
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
Yet these same wines can go bad rather quickly, taking on distinctly displeasing notes of rotten eggs or dirty socks.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
When seemingly good wars go bad, Americans often conclude that those wars were pointless or corrupt from the get-go.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
Because leaders who go bad nearly never self-correct.
—Barbara Kellerman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
Yet these same wines can go bad rather quickly, taking on distinctly displeasing notes of rotten eggs or dirty socks.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
When seemingly good wars go bad, Americans often conclude that those wars were pointless or corrupt from the get-go.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
Because leaders who go bad nearly never self-correct.
—Barbara Kellerman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Go bad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20bad. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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