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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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