"go to shit" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-go to shit.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes to shit [present, singular, third-person], going to shit [participle, present], went to shit [past], gone to shit [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> to shit}} go to shit (third-person singular simple present goes to shit, present participle going to shit, simple past went to shit, past participle gone to shit)
  1. (slang, vulgar) To completely fail; to have no result. Tags: slang, vulgar Synonyms (fail): die in the ass, everything one touches turns to shit, come to nought, come to nothing (english: not vulgar)
    Sense id: en-go_to_shit-en-verb-f~GyeE2I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'fail': 97 3
  2. (slang, vulgar) To become much worse. Tags: slang, vulgar Translations (to become worse): отивам на майната си (otivam na majnata si) (Bulgarian), отивам в лайна (otivam v lajna) (Bulgarian), gå ad helvede til (Danish), naar de klote gaan (Dutch), partir en couille (French), den Bach runtergehen (German), andare a puttane (Italian), in malam crucem ire (Latin), iść w pizdu (Polish), ir para a merda (Portuguese), duce pe pulă (Romanian), идет к черту (idet k čertu) (Russian), ir a la mierda (Spanish), ir al carajo (Spanish), gå åt helvete (Swedish), gå åt skogen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-go_to_shit-en-verb-rKZsXmAL Disambiguation of 'to become worse': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (deteriorate): go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs (english: not vulgar)
Disambiguation of 'deteriorate': 46 54

Inflected forms

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      "word": "отивам на майната си"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "gå ad helvede til"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "naar de klote gaan"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "partir en couille"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "den Bach runtergehen"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "andare a puttane"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "in malam crucem ire"
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      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "iść w pizdu"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "ir para a merda"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "duce pe pulă"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "идет к черту"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "ir a la mierda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "ir al carajo"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become worse",
      "word": "gå åt helvete"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to become worse",
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