go to the dogs

1. see under go to pot.

Example Sentences

With redistricting, he said, “if it doesn’t go to the dogs, it will go to the wolves.”

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"You can eat, get your hair cut, but for shopping this high street has gone to the dogs."

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“If you don’t figure it out, you go to the dogs.”

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Inflation changes everything: Today, “going to the dogs” is closer in meaning to “putting on the Ritz” amid skyrocketing costs for dog food.

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A new fine-dining restaurant in the Bay Area has gone to the dogs.

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