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to go pear-shaped
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to proceed in a way that causes a bad outcome
Dialect
British
British![to [go] pear-shaped definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/40893/original/?type=jpeg "to [go] pear-shaped definition and meaning")
Idiom
Informal
Example
I was trying to fix the leaky faucet, but then everything went pear-shaped and I ended up flooding the bathroom.
The company's plan to expand its business in Europe went pear-shaped when the economy took a downturn.
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