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gone to pot

gone to pot is the past participle 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 gone to pot

What is gone to pot the past participle of?
Gone to pot is the past participle of go to pot.

Words near gone to pot in the dictionary

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

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