Meaning of go Pete Tong | Babel Free

Definitions

To go wrong.

Cockney, slang

Examples

“But when Bobby got busted, it all went Pete Tong for him.”

“It didn't take a brain surgeon to realize that things were obviously in danger of going Pete Tong. It was time to back off.”

“Things started going Pete Tong as the superficially attractive two- or three-year fixed mortgage deals ran out, interest rates went up and the housing bubble inevitably burst.”

“On leaving the train at Piccadilly, everything goes 'Pete Tong'. Services are in complete disarray, as a tree has come down onto the line at Gatley.”

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