phrasal verb · informal
go bad
UK/ɡəʊ bæd/US/ɡoʊ bæd/go BAD
speakingtask2
to become spoiled (food) or to deteriorate (a situation)
Examples
“Leave milk at room temperature and it will go bad quickly.”
“Their relationship went bad after months of arguing.”
“If this plan goes bad, we'll need a backup.”
Band 8 sentence
“We discovered that several items in the fridge had gone bad after the power cut.”
Collocations
- milk went bad
- plan went bad
- go bad quickly
Word family
go bad vgoes bad vwent bad vgone bad v
Common mistakes
The milk is go bad→The milk has gone bad
The food went to bad→The food went bad
Say it for a higher band
5spoil→6go off→7+go bad
Synonyms
spoil
deteriorate
Easily confused
spoil
“If you leave fruit in the sun it will spoil quickly.”
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