"go pear shaped" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes pear shaped [present, singular, third-person], going pear shaped [participle, present], went pear shaped [past], gone pear shaped [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> pear shaped}} go pear shaped (third-person singular simple present goes pear shaped, present participle going pear shaped, simple past went pear shaped, past participle gone pear shaped)
  1. Alternative form of go pear-shaped Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: go pear-shaped
    Sense id: en-go_pear_shaped-en-verb-XSHUXKfX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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