From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgo from bad to worsego from bad to worseWORSEto become even more unpleasant or difficult The schools have gone from bad to worse in this area. → bad
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go from bad to worse• Matters continued to go from bad to worse.• Matters went from bad to worse.• On Ithaca, the island where his home was, things had gone from bad to worse.• That they are going from bad to worse.• Things went from bad to worse, and soon the pair were barely talking to each other.• It went from bad to worse as the heavens opened and turned the circuit into one huge puddle.• The schools have gone from bad to worse in this area.• The rail service has gone from bad to worse since it was privatised.• As 1931 went from bad to worse the possibility of another marriage began to seem her best hope of salvation.go from bad to worsego from bad to worseto continue getting worse Things went from bad to worse, and in the end she lost her job. → worseExamples from the Corpus
go from bad to worse• Matters continued to go from bad to worse.• Matters went from bad to worse.• On Ithaca, the island where his home was, things had gone from bad to worse.• That they are going from bad to worse.• It went from bad to worse as the heavens opened and turned the circuit into one huge puddle.• As 1931 went from bad to worse the possibility of another marriage began to seem her best hope of salvation. 