turning pear-shaped
turning pear-shaped is the present participle and gerund of turn pear-shaped.
Meaning of turn pear-shaped
Verb
turn pear-shaped (third-person singular simple present turns pear-shaped, present participle turning pear-shaped, simple past and past participle turned pear-shaped)
- Synonym of go pear-shaped (“to go awry; to go wrong”).
- With the heater going full blast, Sophie and I drive to the all-night garage, and for the price of a coffee I get her life story. Happy as a child, things turned pear-shaped as she entered her teens.2006 January 25, Bernard Hare, “A life in brown and white”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2014
- Synonyms:
- go pear-shaped
Questions about turning pear-shaped
- What is turning pear-shaped the present participle and gerund of?
- Turning pear-shaped is the present participle and gerund of turn pear-shaped.
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