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Pan out   /pæn aʊt/   Listen
Pan out

verb
1.
Be a success.
2.
Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals.  Synonyms: pan, pan off.






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"Pan out" Quotes from Famous Books



... the boat-deck that afternoon for tea (which, by the way, he never drank, being a thorough-going coffee merchant), he said to Kitty: "You win on points. If Webb doesn't pan out, why, we can discharge him. I'll take a chance at a man who isn't afraid to look you squarely in ...
— The Voice in the Fog • Harold MacGrath

... cried his lordship. "Gad, gentlemen, we're nearly there. Blithe, you're a stage-manager in a million. The thing's going to pan out like a well-written play. What time did you tell ...
— Anthony Lyveden • Dornford Yates

... Alice, who was getting to be a really good cook, tended to the baking. She put the big pans in, and watched the baking, and took them out when every cookie was evenly browned. Then, after she took a pan out of the oven, she gently lifted the hot cookies out from the baking pan onto a wire rack where they could cool without losing their pretty shapes. When the cookies were cool, it was Mary Jane's turn again. She put them all in ...
— Mary Jane's City Home • Clara Ingram Judson



Words linked to "Pan out" :   deliver the goods, come through, win, bring home the bacon, succeed, wash



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