went to seed
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as in deteriorated
to become worse or of less value
They've really let the house go to seed and probably won't be able to sell it.
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as in decomposed
to go through decomposition
When we returned from vacation, everything in our refrigerator had gone to seed.
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fell apart
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Little’s thriller follows Juno Hardwick, a former high-level national security employee whose life fell apart after her father died.
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This may have been one of our worst ideas based purely on how quickly the stock fell apart.
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“Went to seed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20to%20seed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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