go bad

/goʊ bæd/

Other forms: gone bad; went bad; going bad; goes bad; go worse

Definitions of go bad

1. verb

   become unfit for consumption or use
   synonyms: spoil

   types:

   addle

   become rotten

   curdle

   go bad or sour

   type of:

   decay, degrade

   undergo decay or decomposition
2. verb

   stop operating or functioning
   synonyms: break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go

   break

   render inoperable or ineffective

   buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it

   pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

   types:

   crash, go down

   stop operating

   blow, blow out, burn out

   melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

   misfire

   fail to fire or detonate

   glitch, malfunction, misfunction

   fail to function or function improperly

   jam

   get stuck and immobilized

   type of:

   change

   undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature