gå i stöpet

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Swedish

Etymology

(go) +‎ i (in) +‎ stöpet (the slush)

Verb

i stöpet (present går i stöpet, preterite gick i stöpet, supine gått i stöpet, imperative gå i stöpet)

  1. (idiomatic) to fail (most commonly of something planned); to fall through, to fall apart, to come to nothing, etc.
    Planerna gick i stöpet när sponsorerna drog sig ur
    The plans fell through when the sponsors pulled out
    en bagare vars karriär gick i stöpet när han utvecklade allergi mot mjöldamm
    a baker whose career fell apart when he developed an allergy to flour dust

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