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Sentence examples for go to pot from inspiring English sources

"go to pot" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is generally used to refer to something that has degraded in quality or value, or something that has become less successful. For example, "Once a thriving business, the company has gone to pot since the owner died."

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go to pot

verb

To decline or deteriorate.

  • They haven't been maintaining it, and the downtown area has really gone to pot over the past 20 years.

synonyms

go to the dogs
go to shit
go downhill

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He let the air force go to pot.

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Independent

Everything would go to pot in the delta.

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The New Yorker

Time, perhaps, for a similar marijuana-related educational campaign before more states go to pot.

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The Economist

His sentence structure would go to pot, closely followed by his sphincter.

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The New Yorker

"In the 19th century things go to pot," Mr. Mennell said.

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The New York Times - Arts

"Maybe he thought, 'If George falls in, this whole project might go to pot,' " Collins said.

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The house goes to pot.

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The New Yorker

Has society gone to pot over shellfish?

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The Guardian

Everything's gone to pot now.

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The Guardian - Books

My golf has gone to pot lately.

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The Guardian

But now things are "going to pot".

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