go to pot

idiom informal

The phrase "go to pot" is often used informally to describe situations where something has significantly declined in quality or condition, often due to neglect.

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Definition

B2General

(informal)To decline in quality or condition, often due to neglect.

Example

After years of neglect, the once-beautiful garden has gone to pot.
His skills went to pot after he stopped practicing regularly.

B2General

(informal)To become ruined or fail completely.

Example

The project went to pot after the team lost funding.
Once the management changed, the company started going to pot.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "go to pot":

go to shit go to seed go up in smoke go bad go to pieces go off the boil come a cropper go sour go up in flames put the pot on go awry die on the vine go belly-up go by the board go down the toilet go wrong go mad gone bad let oneself go fall apart go down up the spout lose the plot go south go bonkers go potty fizzle out go to town go to someone's head go mental off the boil fall to