go to the dogs
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If you ignore what you see, your life will quite literally go to the dogs.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2022
With no ice time available during the NHL’s four-month pandemic-forced break, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry had little choice but to let his game go to the dogs.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2020
If Florida’s law catches on, it may be only a matter of time before courthouses across the country go to the dogs.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 12, 2017
Then if the dogs come anyway, do not fret that this means your wedding will go to the dogs.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2014
Its motto is, The Exchanges must be honoured, though honour and morality may go to the dogs.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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