pan out

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

The China market is finally panning out, thanks to the voracious consumerism of the middle class.

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

His father came out in '49 with the gold rush crowd, panned out a good pile, and then, liking the life—San Francisco was a gay little burg those days—opened one of the crack gambling houses down on the Old Plaza.

wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
If something, for example a project or some information, pans out, it produces something useful or valuable. None of Morgan's proposed financings panned out
be a success; "The idea panned out
work out successfully; become possible; end up
be a success; "The idea panned out"
out of the frying pan and into the fire
Alternative form of out of the frying pan, into the fire
out of the frying pan into the fire
Alternative form of out of the frying pan, into the fire
out of the frying pan, into the fire
From an already bad situation to a worse one
Out of the frying pan into the fire
(Muhasebe) If you get out of one problem, but find yourself in a worse situation, you are out of the frying pan, into the fire
be out of the frying pan into the fire
(Muhasebe) If you get out of one problem, but find yourself in a worse situation, you are out of the frying pan, into the fire
jump out of frying pan into fire
Go from a bad situation to an even worse one

Many kids who run away from unhappy homes discover they've jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.

jump out of the frying pan and into the fire
(deyim) Go from bad to the worse
out of the frying pan and into the fire
(deyim) Out of one trouble and into more trouble, from something bad to something worse When he changed jobs he went out of the frying pan and into the fire. His new job is much worse
out of the frying pan into the fire
(deyim) Going from a bad situation to one that is even worse.This idiom is used to say that someone gets out of a difficult or bad situation, but eventually goes into a more difficult or worse one
out of the frying-pan into the fire
(deyim) Out of the frying pan into the fire is a phrase which can be used in one of two ways. It can be used in the same way as "from bad to worse," which as the wording suggests means going from an unpleasant situation to one even more so - or it can describe the belief that one has escaped a dangerous or troublesome situation, when in actual fact they have entered an even worse one
out of the pan into the fire
(deyim) Out of the pan into the fire is a phrase which can be used in one of two ways. It can be used in the same way as "from bad to worse," which as the wording suggests means going from an unpleasant situation to one even more so - or it can describe the belief that one has escaped a dangerous or troublesome situation, when in actual fact they have entered an even worse one
out of the frying pan into the fire
out of one problem and into a larger one, moving from one problem to a greater one, going from a bad situation to a worse situation
pan out
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