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pan out
verb
- informal.intr, adverb to work out; turn out; result
Idioms and Phrases
Turn out well, succeed, as in If I don't pan out as a musician, I can always go back to school . This expression alludes to washing gold from gravel in a pan. [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
That has not panned out, especially in the case of China, so the US is moving decisively away from this world.
As that has not panned out, especially in the case of China, the US is moving away from this world.
But when the clubs were drawn against each other in the Champions League, even the players couldn't believe how the fixtures had panned out.
The forthcoming 2026 regulations complicate things - the Verstappens may wish to wait and see how things pan out next year, given that both the chassis and engine rules are changing then.
"This is promising progress after more than a decade of challenges, and the next few years will see whether this exciting roadmap pans out," he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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