go bad

Questions about go bad

What does go bad mean?

go bad means "stop operating or functioning". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for go bad?

Close synonyms include fail, give way, die, give out, conk out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is go bad a common word?

go bad is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.