gone to seed
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The outfit didn’t evoke a fearless mustering of Real American patriots so much as a Chippendale dancer gone to seed.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024
This Batman has gone to seed, bearded, shaggy gray hair rattling around decayed Wayne Manor until he’s roused from his torpor by the twin Flashes.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023
Burr’s Nannine is a colonial boomtown gone to seed.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2022
What remains are the rusting husks of a brutalist, industrial cityscape gone to seed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2022
I looked out the window and saw the calla lilies had fallen and turned brown, the daisies had been crushed down by their own weight, the lettuce gone to seed.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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