We found 5 definitions of go bad from 2 different sources.
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go bad - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" | ||
fail, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down | ||
change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
go down, crash be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too" | ||
burn out, blow out, blow melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" | ||
misfire fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" | ||
malfunction, misfunction fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" | ||
go bad - become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils" | ||
spoil | ||
decay fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" | ||
addle become rotten; "addled eggs" | ||
curdle turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled" |