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Idiom: Go Pear-Shaped

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How to pronounce "go pear-shaped":

AU

To go awry; to go wrong.

A-Z Proximities

go out with the arkgo overgo overboardgo over someone's headgo over to the majority go pear-shaped go placesgo play in the trafficgo publicgo roguego round in circles

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