"go bad" meaning in English

See go bad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: goes bad [present, singular, third-person], going bad [participle, present], went bad [past], gone bad [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> bad}} go bad (third-person singular simple present goes bad, present participle going bad, simple past went bad, past participle gone bad)
  1. (of foods and commodities) To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions. Translations (of foods: to spoil or rot): xarab olmaq (Azerbaijani), ᎠᏲᎦ (ayoga) (Cherokee), damaal ghéenan (Cimbrian), bederven (Dutch), pilaantua (Finnish), pourrir (French), périmer (French), tourner (French), moisir (French), se perdre (French), estragar (Galician), gorar (Galician), verderben [neuter] (German), skemmast (Icelandic), andare a male (Italian), 傷む (itamu) (alt: いたむ) (Japanese), gnić [imperfective] (Polish), zgnić [perfective] (Polish), estragar (Portuguese), se strica (Romanian), putrezi (Romanian), по́ртиться (pórtitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), испо́ртиться (ispórtitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), estropear (Spanish), bedjerre (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-go_bad-en-verb-zEZKesMM Disambiguation of 'of foods: to spoil or rot': 92 5 3
  2. (of a person or entity) to cease to be reputable and instead become delinquent, criminal, immoral, corrupt or poorly behaved. Categories (topical): Crime, Food and drink Synonyms: break bad, go to the bad, turn evil Related terms: go sour, go awry, go pear-shaped
    Sense id: en-go_bad-en-verb-ETA1EoAZ Disambiguation of Crime: 7 93 0 Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 62 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 56 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 64 8
  3. (of a geographic area) To become unsafe.
    Sense id: en-go_bad-en-verb-WAGG3vFZ

Inflected forms

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        "(of a geographic area) To become unsafe."
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "xarab olmaq"
    },
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      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ayoga",
      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "ᎠᏲᎦ"
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "pourrir"
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "périmer"
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "tourner"
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "moisir"
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "se perdre"
    },
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "estragar"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "gorar"
    },
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
      "word": "andare a male"
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      "word": "傷む"
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
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      "sense": "of foods: to spoil or rot",
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