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go to the dogs

verb as in decay

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verb as in decline

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verb as in degenerate

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verb as in deteriorate

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

"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.”

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

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

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