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go to ruin

VERB
slump
Synonyms
STRONGEST
collapse deteriorate droop drop fall fall off go down hunch plummet plunge sag slide slip slouch tumble
STRONG
bend blight crash decay loll pitch topple
WEAK
cave in go downhill keel over reach new low
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ascend build go up increase rise straighten

Example Sentences

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She added: "Something's got to change. They've either got to do something with it or have a feasible plan to not just let it stand and go to ruin."

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

So why is the Park Service letting it go to ruin?

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

She and many others say that without assistance and equipment, their farms will go to ruin.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2015

In seasons past they watched the players’ bodies go to ruin for their pleasure, yet they found a means to square away the guilt.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2013

Lady Whent had held the castle as bannerman to House Tully, but she'd used only the lower thirds of two of the five towers, and let the rest go to ruin.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin