go pear shaped

A form of go pear-shaped — To go awry; to go wrong.

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Meanings

verbgo pear shaped (third-person singular simple present goes pear shaped, present participle going pear shaped, simple past went pear shaped, past participle gone pear shaped)

present singular third person goes pear shaped · participle present going pear shaped · past went pear shaped · participle past gone pear shaped

  1. alternativeAlternative form of go pear-shaped.
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