go soft

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go soft

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An ironic inversion of go hard.

verb goes soft · going soft · went soft · gone soft

intransitive, ironic, slang, stative To be mediocre or not particularly excellent. Goes kinda soft tbh.
Opposite: go hard
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, soft. literally, “to become soft”. My penis usually goes soft midsex.

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@misc{go_soft_2026,
  title = {go soft},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20soft},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}