go to pot

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go to pot

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Figuratively be cut up and tossed into a pot like meat.

verb goes to pot · going to pot · went to pot · gone to pot

figuratively To come to ruin, especially to decline or deteriorate. They haven't been maintaining it, and the downtown area has really gone to pot over the past 20 years.
Similar: go to shit
archaic Go to hell; an angry dismissal. At this moment the rabbit sprang from his arms and disappeared among the brush wood. "Go to pot," said the man, "you are a good-for-nothing dry-meated beast, to make the best of you."
Similar: go to the dogs, go downhill

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verb grow worse

Deutsch	auf dem absteigenden Ast sein
Italiano	andare a puttane, andare a fanculo, andare a farsi benedire
Română	se duce naibii, se duce dracului, se duce pe apa sâmbetei
Русский	приходить в упадок prixoditʹ v upadok

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@misc{go_to_pot_2026,
  title = {go to pot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20to%20pot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}