the rot sets in

idiom

chiefly British
used to say that things start to get really bad
The rot set in when the factory closed down.

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“The rot sets in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20rot%20sets%20in. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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