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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

pan out
    v 1: be a success; "The idea panned out"
    2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
       [syn: pan, pan out, pan off]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pan out \pan` out"\ (p[a^]n`out"),
   1. v. i. To succeed; as, the project didn't pan out.
      [PJC]

   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]

Thesaurus Results for pan out:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

attend, become of, click, come about, come of, come off, come out, develop, end, ensue, eventuate, fall out, fare, follow, go, go over, issue, prove, prove out, prove to be, result, terminate, turn out, unfold, work out

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