"go kaflooey" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-go kaflooey.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes kaflooey [present, singular, third-person], going kaflooey [participle, present], went kaflooey [past], gone kaflooey [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> kaflooey}} go kaflooey (third-person singular simple present goes kaflooey, present participle going kaflooey, simple past went kaflooey, past participle gone kaflooey)
  1. (slang) To turn out wrong; to cease to function or exist. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-go_kaflooey-en-verb-MarpvpX0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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