go to pot

1. 1.

   become ruined

   “His business went to pot when economy soured”

   Synonymsgo to the dogs

   Broaderdeteriorate

Questions about go to pot

What does go to pot mean?

go to pot means "become ruined".

What is another word for go to pot?

Close synonyms include go to the dogs. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is go to pot a common word?

go to pot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.