break bad (English, verb)
expansion: break bad (third-person singular simple present breaks bad, present participle breaking bad, simple past broke bad, past participle broken bad)
Senses:
glosses: To go wrong; to go downhill.
tags: colloquial
raw_tags: of an event or of one's fortunes
glosses: To go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime.
tags: Midwestern-US
Southern-US
colloquial
especially
raw_tags: of a person
Forms:
form: breaks bad
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breaking bad
tags: participle
present
form: broke bad
tags: past
form: broken bad
tags: participle
past