go hard

Frequency: 5.015.6 per million words

Informal term for something becoming solid, often undesirably (e.g., bread, cement).

hardVERB + hard (adj.)

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Examples (10)

  • Don't leave the cake uncovered or the icing will go hard.
  • The bread has gone hard because the bag was left open.
  • If you don't use the paint soon, it will go hard in the tin.
  • The clay started to go hard before I could finish the sculpture.
  • Once the cement starts to go hard, you can't work with it anymore.
  • This cheese has gone hard and dry in the fridge.
  • The glue in the tube had gone hard and wouldn't come out.
  • Leave the wax for a few minutes to go hard.
  • The soil will go hard if we don't get some rain soon.
  • Put the lid back on the putty or it will go hard.