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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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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. Manoj Pradhan:

    What is unknown is whether the economic situation will pan out as we see it, we've had a few surprises recently, but the trajectory of monetary policy and growth is leading in that direction.

  2. Francesca Sobande:

    For me, it's been incredible to witness the journey of the show and also its creators, it's been as exciting to watch that pan out, as it's been to engage with the show itself.

  3. Cameron Tringale:

    I needed to kind of take a couple risks and unfortunately it didn’t pan out, but I played 16 really good holes and yeah, that was the day.

  4. Lauderdale County:

    The tips that we're getting, we're following up on as aggressively as we can. Some of them do look promising, but it takes a time to follow through on those things, we're hoping that one of them will pan out for us, and we'll be able to locate them.

  5. Bill Clinton:

    North American Free Trade Agreement's true that too often past trade deals have been sold to the American people with rosy scenarios that didn't pan out, the answer is not to rant and rave, or cut ourselves off from the world.


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