Slang word of the day: go pear-shaped

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go pear-shaped

intransitive verb

• to deteriorate.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Bankers still don't get it on bonuses", Gapper Blog at The Financial Times, Tony Tassell, February 24 2010

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Dec 02 2009  (Edit definition)

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)