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pan out

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To succeed.
  • Slang, U. S. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.
  • verb idiomatic To succeed; to proceed according to plan; to result or end up.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
  • verb be a success

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synonyms (27)

Words with the same meaning

  1. attend
  2. become of
  3. click
  4. come about
  5. come of
  6. come off
  7. come out
  8. develop
  9. end
  10. ensue
  11. eventuate
  12. fall out
  13. fare
  14. follow
  15. go
  16. go over
  17. issue
  18. prove
  19. prove out
  20. prove to be
  21. result
  22. shape up
  23. succeed
  24. terminate
  25. turn out
  26. unfold
  27. work out

hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bring home the bacon
  2. come through
  3. deliver the goods
  4. succeed
  5. wash
  6. win

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  • jmjarmstrong commented on the word pan out

    JM tried gold prospecting but it didn't pan out.

    June 27, 2011