Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?
Edison's efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until he used tungsten wires.
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pan out — {v.}, {informal} To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed. * /Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?/ * /Edison s efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until … Dictionary of American idioms
pan out — {v.}, {informal} To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed. * /Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?/ * /Edison s efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until … Dictionary of American idioms
pan out — (p[a^]n out ), 1. v. i. To succeed; as, the project didn t pan out. [PJC] 2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pan out — [v] come to pass; succeed click*, come out*, culminate, eventuate, go, go over*, happen, net*, prove out, result, turn out, work out, yield; concept 706 Ant. fail, not happen … New thesaurus
pan out — verb 1. be a success The idea panned out • Hypernyms: ↑succeed, ↑win, ↑come through, ↑bring home the bacon, ↑deliver the goods • Verb Frames: Something s … Useful english dictionary
pan out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms pan out : present tense I/you/we/they pan out he/she/it pans out present participle panning out past tense panned out past participle panned out informal if a situation pans out in a particular way, it… … English dictionary
pan out — in. [for something] to work out or turn out all right. □ Don’t worry. Everything will pan out okay. □ Nothing seems to pan out for me anymore … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
pan out — succeed, go as planned, work out Blair s ideas usually pan out. His suggestions are practical … English idioms
pan out — end or finish favorably, work out well I hope that your plans to go back to school pan out well … Idioms and examples
pan out — verb a) 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. On the Saturday holidays in summer time we used to borrow skiffs whose owners were not … Wiktionary
