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go down the pan

go down the pan verb: synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

Verb

go down the pan (third-person singular simple present goes down the pan, present participle going down the pan, simple past went down the pan, past participle gone down the pan)

  1. (UK, euphemistic, idiomatic) Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
    • The project would seriously go down the pan if Mrs. Foster weren't here to keep it on the straight and narrow.

go down the pan meaning in Bengali

go down the pan in Bengali

ব্যর্থ হওয়া, দ্রুত অবনতি ঘটা

Synonyms of go down the pan

Forms of go down the pan

third-person singular presentgoes down the pan
present participlegoing down the pan
pastwent down the pan
past participlegone down the pan

Questions about go down the pan

What does go down the pan mean?
Go down the pan means synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
What is go down the pan in Bengali?
Go down the pan in Bengali is ব্যর্থ হওয়া, দ্রুত অবনতি ঘটা. See Go down the pan meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is go down the pan?
Go down the pan is a verb.
What is the past tense of go down the pan?
The past tense of go down the pan is went down the pan.

Words near go down the pan in the dictionary

  1. go down south
  2. go down swinging
  3. go down that road
  4. go down the drain
  5. go down the khazi
  6. go down the pan
  7. go down the road
  8. go down the toilet
  9. go down the tube
  10. go down the tubes
  11. go down the wrong pipe

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