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go down the pan

Thesaurus>to not work or happen as intended>go down the pan
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TO NOT WORK OR HAPPEN AS INTENDED

I had high hopes for my club, but they've gone down the pan.
Synonyms and examples
fail
We tried our best, but ultimately the project failed.
fall apart
Things were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart.
fall to pieces
The plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces.
fall through
Our plans to visit fell through at the last minute.
crackinformal
The Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations.
go belly upmainlyUSinformal
I wanted to invest in his company, but it went belly up at the beginning of the year.
fall short
The new camera promises excellent zoom capabilities, but it falls short.
fall between two stools
The book really fell between two stools: not short enough to appeal to casual readers, but not serious enough to draw in literary readers.
go pear-shapedUKinformal
All seemed to be on track, but then our plans went pear-shaped.
come to nothing
All those years of work, and for what? It's all come to nothing.
bite the dust
Despite interest from investors, it's likely that the airline start-up will bite the dust.
come a cropperinformal
The team really came a cropper after trading their star forward.
go down the tubesinformal
Without a stimulus package, our economy's going to go down the tubes.
crash and burninformal
Once the goalie was injured, the team crashed and burned, losing 7-1.
flop
His debut film flopped at the box office.
bombmainlyUSinformal
The play absolutely bombed.
Antonym and example
succeed
The campaign succeeded, and he was re-elected.
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See also
failure
breakdown
meltdown
collapse
washoutinformal
fiasco
debacle
omnishamblesUKinformal
flameoutUSinformal
non-success
inefficacyformal
success
turkeyinformal
clunkerUSinformal
dudinformal
lemonmainlyUSinformal
be a disasterinformal
loserinformal
lame duck
no-hoperUK
non-starterinformal
default
malpractice
dereliction
neglect
negligence
lapse
non-fulfilmentUK
non-action
inactionformal

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When something fails, itdoes not work or does not happen as intended. Thefact of being unsuccessfulis called failure. Failure is also used to describesomeone or something that is not successfulorthe fact of not doing something that you should.
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