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pan out

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pan outverb

    be a success

    "The idea panned out"

  2. pan, pan out, pan offverb

    wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

GCIDE

  1. pan outverb

    v. i. To succeed; as, the project didn't pan out.

Wiktionary

  1. pan outverb

    To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.

  2. pan outverb

    To succeed; to proceed according to plan; to result or end up.

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  1. pan out

    To pan out refers to the way a situation or an event develops or progresses, with a particular focus on its end result. It can also mean to succeed or turn out well. It is often used in a speculative or hopeful context.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pan out in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pan out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of pan out in a Sentence

  1. Craig Brimhall:

    For people who have the risk tolerance, investing that money rather than paying off the mortgage is fine, but think about what would happen if the investments don’t pan out and you still have to pay your mortgage.

  2. Chairman Greg Clarke:

    The reality is that we just don't know how things are going to pan out, but with social distancing in place for some time to come we do face substantial changes to the whole football ecosystem, for example it's hard to foresee crowds of fans, who are the lifeblood of the game, returning to matches any time soon.

  3. Stuart Oakley:

    The whole world is in a wait-and-see mode, the next few months are going to be so pivotal for FX, purely based on when the Fed starts talking about tapering, and that is 100% down to how the data’s going to pan out this month and next month.

  4. Bill Clinton:

    It's true that too often past trade deals have been sold to the American people with rosy scenarios that didn't pan out.

  5. Katsutoshi Kawano:

    But our position on this is that we consider this as a potential future issue to be considered depending on how things pan out.


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