break bad

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹeɪk bæd/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /bɹæɪ̯k bæːd/ === Verb === break bad (third-person singular simple present breaks bad, present participle breaking bad, simple past broke bad, past participle broken bad) (colloquial, of an event or of one's fortunes) To go wrong; to go downhill. [from 1908] For more quotations using this term, see Citations:break bad. (colloquial, especially Southern US and Midwestern US, of a person) To go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime. Synonyms: go bad, go astray Antonym: turn over a new leaf For more quotations using this term, see Citations:break bad. ==== Translations ====