go deaf
idiomatic phrase
: to become unable to hear
a disease that caused her to go deaf
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Screenshots from a TikTok video of a woman crying over the family's dog, who began constantly crying after going deaf.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Go deaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20deaf. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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