# go soft

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To be mediocre or not particularly excellent.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, soft. literally, “to become soft”.

## Etymology
An ironic inversion of go hard.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/go-soft