Definition of go pear-shaped

go pear-shaped    

verb - intransitive

• to deteriorate.

                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "Bankers still don't get it on bonuses", Gapper Blog at The Financial Times, Tony Tassell, February 24 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to be bad, poor, to suck.

  Last edited on Feb 25 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 02 2009.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to be bad, poor, to suck':
chew	Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing.
sux	Definitions include: alternative spelling of "sucks".
suck at	Definitions include: See suck.
5ux0r	Definitions include: to be inadequate or displeasing.
chap	Definitions include: to be inadequate or displeasing.
blow	Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing.
hoover	Definitions include: to clean.
suck	Definitions include: to be inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality.
suck rocks	Definitions include: to be bad.
suck sh*t	Definitions include: to be very bad.
piss-poor	Definitions include: very poor.
suck the big one	Definitions include: to majorly suck.
suck so hard	Definitions include: to suck greatly, i.e. to be very bad.
blow chunks	Definitions include: to vomit.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'go':
all systems go	Definitions include: completely ready.
BFFWEOAGSA	Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot".
carry go	Definitions include: used to tell someone to stop messing with people.
fired up and ready to go	Definitions include: excited and ready to start.
from the get-go	Definitions include: from the beginning.
G2G	Definitions include: acronym for "got to go".
GAFK	Definitions include: acronym of "goes away from keyboard".
gazenta	Definitions include: "goes in to".
get-go	Definitions include: the beginning.
get (one) going	Definitions include: to get a person excited.
get (one's) gams going	Definitions include: to move one's legs.
GFU	Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself".
GFY	Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself".
GFYS	Definitions include: acronym of "go fuck yourself."
GG	Definitions include: acronym for "good game."
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Other terms relating to 'pear':
apples and pears	Definitions include: London Cockney rhyming slang for stairs
pear-shaped	Definitions include: confused, problematic, troublesome.
Other terms relating to 'shap':
K shap	Definitions include: K cool. You normally say it to make the person feel awkward and what they said wasn't "cool".
pear-shaped	Definitions include: confused, problematic, troublesome.

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