go soft

English

Etymology

Ironic inversion of go hard.

Verb

go soft (third-person singular simple present goes soft, present participle going soft, simple past went soft, past participle gone soft)

1. (intransitive, stative, slang, ironic) To be mediocre or not particularly excellent.

   Antonym: go hard

   Goes kinda soft tbh.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ soft. Literally, “to become soft”.