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goes down the pan

goes down the pan is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go down the pan.

Meaning of go down the pan

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.

Questions about goes down the pan

What is goes down the pan the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes down the pan is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go down the pan.

Words near goes down the pan in the dictionary

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

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