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goes to pot

goes to pot is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to pot.

Meaning of go to pot

Verb

go to pot (third-person singular simple present goes to pot, present participle going to pot, simple past went to pot, past participle gone to pot)

  1. (figuratively) To come to ruin, especially to decline or deteriorate.
    • They haven't been maintaining it, and the downtown area has really gone to pot over the past 20 years.
    Synonyms:
    go to shit
  2. (archaic, dismissal) Go to hell; an angry dismissal.
    • At this moment the rabbit sprang from his arms and disappeared among the brush wood. "Go to pot," said the man, "you are a good-for-nothing dry-meated beast, to make the best of you."1837 September 20, William Cullen Bryant, Calhoun’s Diminished Stature

Questions about goes to pot

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

Words near goes to pot in the dictionary

  1. goes to hell and back
  2. goes to pains
  3. goes to pieces
  4. goes to pigs and whistles
  5. goes to plan
  6. goes to pot
  7. goes to press
  8. goes to Prestwich
  9. goes to ratshit
  10. goes to sea
  11. goes to seed

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