go soft

verb

To be mediocre or not particularly excellent.

“Goes kinda soft tbh.”

Opposite
go hard
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Meanings

verbgo soft (third-person singular simple present goes soft, present participle going soft, simple past went soft, past participle gone soft)

present singular third person goes soft · participle present going soft · past went soft · participle past gone soft

  1. intransitiveironicslangstativeTo be mediocre or not particularly excellent.

    Goes kinda soft tbh.

    Antonyms: go hard

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, soft. literally, “to become soft”.

    My penis usually goes soft midsex.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo be mediocre or not particularly excellent.

Opposite
go hard

Origin

An ironic inversion of go hard.

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APA

go soft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20soft

MLA

“go soft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20soft. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go soft,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20soft.

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