go to pot

go to pot  {v. phr.},  {informal}
To be ruined; become bad; be destroyed.
Mr. Jones' health has gone to pot.
The motel business went to pot when the new highway was built.
Compare: GO TO WRACK AND RUIN, GO TO THE DOGS.
Categories: business {informal} {v. phr.}
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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