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Meaning of go down the pan | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

British, euphemistic, idiomatic

Examples

“The project would seriously go down the pan if Mrs. Foster weren't here to keep ⟳ it on the straight and narrow.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

go down the road go down the toilet go down the tube go down the tubes go down the wrong pipe go down the wrong throat

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