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from bad to worse



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Unacceptable and getting more so, on a steady downward course. For example, Mary's grades have gone from bad to worse . [Mid-1500s] Also see if worst comes to worst .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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