OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 30473

go pear-shaped

/ɡəʊ ˈpɛəʃeɪpt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
irse al tacho
To go awry; to go wrong.
After the third attack run I was letting back down to low level, passing through about 100 feet on the way down, when there were two bangs very close together. The whole aircraft s…
Now the whole world economy seems to be going pear-shaped all at once[…].
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