verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

go sour

go sour · goes sour · went sour · gone sour · going sour

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To spoil, rot, become sourTo spoil, rot, become sour.

» The milk went sour.

Молоко прокисло.

Молоко свернулось.

Молоко скисло.

Meaning

2 senses

To spoil, rot, become sour.
(figuratively)To become unpleasing, unpleasant, unsatisfying, unfulfilling to one's wishes.
The flight went sour after I spilled coffee all over myself.

Examples

8 sentences

The milk went sour.
Молоко скисло. — aandrusiak
ruМолоко прокисло. — afyodor
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This food is starting to go sour.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · anzart · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
I was prepared if things were to go sour.
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I left the yogurt in the sun and it went sour.
ruЯ оставил йогурт на солнце, и он скис. — Wezel
deIch habe den Joghurt in der Sonne stehenlassen, und er ist sauer geworden. — Waldelfe
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Milk goes sour in heat.
ruМолоко в жару киснет. — Wezel
deMilch wird durch Wärme sauer. — Manfredo
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Translations

2 languages

Forms

goes sour, going sour, went sour, gone sour

Base form	go sour · to go sour
3rd person singular	goes sour
Present participle	going sour
Past simple	went sour
Past participle	gone sour

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	go sour
he, she, it	goes sour

Past simpleLesson

all persons

went sour

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gone sour
he, she, it	has gone sour

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will go sour

Synonyms

2 synonyms

go badturn sour

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle