go bad

Frequency: 7.025.6 per million words

Sense: not safe to eat. Indicates food has spoiled.

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Examples (10)

  • The milk in the carton has gone bad.
  • If you leave the fish out, it will go bad in a few hours.
  • We had to throw away the bread because it went bad.
  • Can you smell this cheese? I'm afraid it might have gone bad.
  • Food tends to go bad much faster in the summer heat.
  • The potatoes started to sprout, a clear sign they were going bad.
  • After the power cut, everything in the freezer went bad.
  • To prevent the fruit from going bad, she made jam.
  • How long does it take for opened mayonnaise to go bad?
  • I think this yogurt has gone bad; it tastes sour.