turn pear-shaped

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turn pear-shaped

verb turns pear-shaped · turning pear-shaped · turned pear-shaped

Synonym of go pear-shaped (“to go awry; to go wrong”). With the heater going full blast, Sophie and I drive to the all-night garage, and for the price of a coffee I get her life story. Happy as a child, things turned pear-shaped as she entered her teens.
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@misc{turn_pear_shaped_2026,
  title = {turn pear-shaped},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turn%20pear-shaped},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}