go to the dogs

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go to the dogs

if a country or an organization is going to the dogs, it is becoming less successful than it was in the past (usually in continuous tenses) They sat in the bar the night before the election, moaning that the country was going to the dogs.

See call off the dogs, throw to the dogs

See also: dog

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"It seems to me," he said deliberately, "that you are another of those poor fools who chuck away their life and happiness and go to the dogs because a woman had chosen to make a little use of them. The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context I wanted some thousands and you some hundreds, and without the money we were both in a fair way to go to the dogs together. The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context If the country doesn't go to the dogs or the Radicals, we shall have you Prime Minister, some day. An Ideal Husband by Wilde, Oscar View in context			go to great lengths go to great lengths to go to great pains go to ground go to head go to hell go to hell in a bucket go to hell in a handbasket Go to hell! go to pieces go to pot go to press go to press with go to rack and ruin go to reward go to sea go to see a man about a dog go to seed go to show go to sleep go to the bathroom go to the bother go to the country go to the devil Go to the devil! go to the dogs go to the ends of the earth go to the expense go to the lavatory go to the limit go to the mat go to the polls go to the stake go to the toilet go to the top go to the trouble go to the wall go to town go to town on go to trial go to war go to waste go to work go together go too far go toward go under the knife go under the name of go under the wrecking ball go up against go up in flames			go to seed go to show go to sleep go to sleep go to sleep Go to Sleep (Little Man being Erased) Go to Sleep. (Little Man being Erased.) Go To Statement Considered Harmful Go To Sync go to the Bar go to the Bar go to the Bar go to the Bar go to the Bar go to the barricades go to the barricades go to the barricades go to the bathroom go to the bathroom go to the bathroom go to the bother go to the country go to the country go to the country go to the country go to the devil go to the devil go to the devil go to the devil Go to the devil! go to the dogs Go to the End of the World go to the ends of the earth go to the expense Go to the Freaking Barter Board Go to the Hell go to the lavatory go to the limit go to the limit go to the mat go to the mat go to the mat go to the mat go to the mat go to the polls go to the polls go to the stake go to the toilet GO TO THE TOP go to the trouble go to the wall go to the wall go to the wall go to the wall go to the wall go to town go to town go to town go to town go to town go to town on

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