go to pot

go to pot
verb
become ruined
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His business went to pot when economy soured

Syn: ↑go to the dogs
Hypernyms: ↑deteriorate
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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DETERIORATE, decline, degenerate, go to (rack and) ruin, go downhill, go to seed, become run down; informal go to the dogs, go down the tubes; Austral./NZ informal go to the pack.
pot

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go to pot (informal)
1. To go to ruin
2. To go to pieces (orig to supply the cooking pot, not the melting-pot)
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Main Entry:pot

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go to pot informal phrase
if something goes to pot, it loses all of its good qualities because no one takes care of it

The house has been going to pot for years.

Thesaurus: to become worsesynonym
Main entry: pot

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informal deteriorate through neglect

the foundry was allowed to go to pot in the seventies

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go to pot
informal : to be ruined : to fail

Their business is going to pot.

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Main Entry:pot

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go to ˈpot idiom
(informal) to be spoiled because people are not working hard or taking care of things

Her handwriting's gone to pot since she started using a computer all the time.

Main entry:potidiom

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