go\ to\ seed

go\ to\ seed
• go to seed
• run to seed
v. phr.
1. To grow seeds.

Onions go to seed in hot weather.

2. To lose skill or strength; stop being good or useful.

Sometimes a good athlete runs to seed when he gets too old for sports.

Mr. Allen was a good carpenter until he became rich and went to seed.


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