panned out

VERB

come to pass; succeed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

turn out

WEAK

click come out culminate eventuate go go over happen net prove out result work out yield

Antonyms

WEAK

fail not happen

Example Sentences

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Various industries have come into the region over the years and made grand promises that never panned out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Schedulers waited to see how Tuesday's play panned out before assigning Eala and her Brazilian partner Ingrid Martins a court for their doubles match, eventually putting them on court 14 at about 19:00 local time.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Not all of his deals have panned out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

While analysts feared biosimilars for the standard-dose version of Eyelea would hurt Eyelea HD sales, this thesis doesn’t seem to have panned out.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

But so far, the feeling had never really panned out.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo