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GO TO THE DOGS
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become ruined
Example:
His business went to pot when economy soured
Synonyms:
go to pot; go to the dogs
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "go to the dogs" is one way to...):
deteriorate (become worse or disintegrate)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
