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What does pan out mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pan out? Here's what it means.

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  1. (usually transitive) 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. (idiomatic, usually intransitive) To succeed; to proceed according to plan; to result or end up.
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After three seasons abroad, she returned home in 2001, without a sponsor, and without a ride — the phenom who didn't pan out.
I was a bit down in the dumps, and I started thinking that maybe football wouldn't pan out in the way I had expected.
But if the projections of jobs and a subsequent biotech boomlet pan out, those investors are going to reap the benefits.
Gareth Parker has posted a reminder on some other pre-war predictions that didn't pan out and aren't receiving quite as much attention now.
Similarly, much of the policy rhetoric coming from Washington focuses on fears of incipient inflation that have yet to pan out.
We need to be ready to act on additional measures quickly if such talks fail to pan out.

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