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GO TO POT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does go to pot mean?
• GO TO POT (verb)
The verb GO TO POT has 1 sense:
1. become ruined
Familiarity information: GO TO POT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become ruined
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
go to pot; go to the dogs
Context example:
His business went to pot when economy soured
Hypernyms (to "go to pot" is one way to...):
deteriorate (become worse or disintegrate)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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