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单词 go to the dogs
释义

go to the dogs in British English

informal
to go to ruin physically or morally
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go to the dogs in American English

Informal
to deteriorate; degenerate
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go to the dogs

if a country, organization, or business is going to the dogs, it is becoming less powerful or successful than it has been in the past
If you ask me, the whole country is going to the dogs.

Examples of 'go to the dogs' in a sentence
go to the dogs

That agent you got, the one that rents your house, he's let it go to the dogs.
Patricia Gaffney FLIGHT LESSONS (2002)

Synonyms of 'go to the dogs'

deteriorate, degenerate, be in decline, go downhill
More Synonyms of go to the dogs
(idiom) 
The country is going to the dogs.
Synonyms
deteriorate
There are fears that the situation may deteriorate.
degenerate
The argument degenerated into a fist fight.
be in decline
go downhill (informal)
go down the drain
go to pot
This neighbourhood is really going to pot.
go to ruin
See dog

Additional synonyms

in the sense of degenerate
Definition
to become degenerate
The argument degenerated into a fist fight.
Synonyms
decline,
slip,
sink,
decrease,
deteriorate,
worsen,
rot,
decay,
lapse,
fall off,
regress,
go to pot,
retrogress
in the sense of go to pot
Definition
to go to ruin
This neighbourhood is really going to pot.
Synonyms
decline,
slump,
deteriorate,
worsen,
go downhill (informal),
go to the dogs (informal),
run to seed,
go to rack and ruin

Nearby words of
go to the dogs

  • go to bed
  • go to bed with someone
  • go to pot
  • go to the dogs
  • go to the wall
  • go to your head
  • go together

Synonyms of 'go to the dogs'

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