2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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pan out — {v.}, {informal} To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed. * /Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?/ * /Edison s efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until … Dictionary of American idioms
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