pan out

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verb

1. be a success
- The idea panned out
• Hypernyms:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
• Syn:
pan, pan off
• Derivationally related forms:
pan (for: pan)
• Hypernyms:
wash
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something