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go pear-shaped
Verb
Australia
Britain
New-Zealand
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
物事がうまく進まなくなる / 計画が狂う、失敗する / 事態が悪化する、想定外の方向に進む
（ present singular third-person ）
（ participle present ）
（ past ）
（ participle past ）
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(Britain, New Zealand, Australia, idiomatic) To go wrong; to go awry.
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go pear-shaped
Everything seemed to be going smoothly until the sound system failed and the whole event began to go pear-shaped.
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Everything seemed to be going smoothly until the sound system failed and the whole event began to go pear-shaped.
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