Word Study
pan out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb pan out has 2 senses
- pan out(v = verb.social) Array - be a success; "The idea panned out" is one way to bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
- pan out(v = verb.contact) pan, pan off - wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals; Array is one way to wash
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CIDE DICTIONARY
pan out,
- To succeed; as, the project didn't pan out. [PJC]
- To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
pan out
attend, become of, click, come about, come of, come off, come out, develop, end, ensue, eventuate, fall out, fare, follow, go, go over, issue, prove, prove out, prove to be, result, terminate, turn out, unfold, work out
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