Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go to pot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: go -to pot
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To come to ruin, especially to decline or deteriorate.

verb

Go to hell; an angry dismissal.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"They haven't been maintaining it, and the downtown area has really gone to pot over the past 20 years."
"Iacke Straw. […] I haue his wife and children pledges, for his ſpeedie returne from the King, to whom he is gone with our meſſage. Tom Miller. Let him take heede hee bring a wiſe anſwere to our worships, or els his pledges goes to the pot."
"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.""

Etymology

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

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

goes to pot (present, singular) going to pot (participle, present) went to pot (past) gone to pot (participle, past)

Synonyms

go to shit go to the dogs go downhill

Questions

What does go to pot mean?: To come to ruin, especially to decline or deteriorate.
Where does go to pot come from?: Figuratively be cut up and tossed into a pot like meat.

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