go
verb [I] (WEAKEN) /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
› to become weak or damaged, especially from being used (too much), or to stop working: After a gruelling six months singing on a world tour, it is hardly surprising that her voice is starting to go. I really must get a new jacket - this one's starting to go at the elbows. Her hearing is going, but otherwise she's remarkably fit for a 95-year-old.Deteriorating and making worse
(Definition of go verb (WEAKEN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a step backwards idiom
- a turn of the screw idiom
- aggravate verb (MAKE WORSE)
- backslide verb
- be half the dancer, writer, etc. you used to be idiom
- compound verb (WORSEN)
- decline verb (GO DOWN)
- degrade verb (SPOIL)
- downgrade noun
- downgrade verb
- exacerbate verb
- fan the flames idiom
- for the worse idiom
- regress verb
- relapse verb
- retrograde adjective
- retrogress verb
- run (sth) down phrasal verb (LOSE POWER)
- run yourself down phrasal verb
- seed noun (PLANT)
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