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2022-04-25 10:04
Go/run to seed phrase
If someone or something goes to seed or runs to seed, they become dirty, unattractive, unhealthy, or inefficient owing to getting older, insufficient care, or attention.
Mary was once an athlete with a lean, muscular body, but she has really run to seed ever since she retired.
Crowds celebrated the downfall of the regime that had gone to seed.
Some parks went to seed during the period when the government called on people to practise social distancing.
(of a plant) to stop blossoming as it produces seeds.
There are some simple steps you can take to prevent your plant from running to seed and increase your chances of a bountiful harvest.
Once a plant begins to go to seed, the process is irreversible.
1. To become shabby or worn along the edges when talking about fabric or threads
2. To become weaker or less effective, or start to fail
To be in a poor condition.
Used to describe an obese person
Fat
Excess fat that accumulates around one's waist
This term alludes to plants that, when allowed to set seed after flowering, either taste bitter, as in the case of lettuce, or do not send out new buds, as is true of annual flowers. Its figurative use dates from the first half of the 1800s.
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