go soft

Frequency: 7.285.0 per million words

Often implies becoming soft in a negative way, like fruit spoiling.

softVERB + soft

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Examples (10)

  • These tomatoes have gone all soft.
  • The bananas will go soft quickly in this heat.
  • If you leave the bread out, it will go soft and stale.
  • His resolve began to go soft after weeks of pressure.
  • The once-firm mattress has gone soft over the years.
  • Don't let the ice cream go soft; put it back in the freezer.
  • After a long illness, his muscles had gone soft.
  • The politician was accused of going soft on crime.
  • The ground had gone soft after days of heavy rain.
  • If you don't store the cookies properly, they'll go soft.