going to seed

phrase

variants or running to seed
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present participle of go to seed
1
as in crumbling
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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2
as in disintegrating
to go through decomposition When we returned from vacation, everything in our refrigerator had gone to seed.

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“Going to seed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/going%20to%20seed. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.

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