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pan out
pan out


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. conclude: to turn out or result
After all our careful planning, it's a shame that things didn't pan out as we had hoped.
2. be successful: to turn out well or successfully
Her new career never panned out.
[< panning for gold]
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