"go for a toss" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes for a toss [present, singular, third-person], going for a toss [participle, present], went for a toss [past], gone for a toss [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> for a toss}} go for a toss (third-person singular simple present goes for a toss, present participle going for a toss, simple past went for a toss, past participle gone for a toss)
  1. (informal) To be worthless; to amount to nothing. Tags: informal Synonyms: go for a burton
    Sense id: en-go_for_a_toss-en-verb-4XvC-X7U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2021, Varalotti Rengasamy, Ponniyin Selvan - The Crown",
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