Usually means: Deteriorate rapidly in quality, decay.
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  1. go to the dogs: Merriam-Webster
  2. go to the dogs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. go to the dogs: Collins English Dictionary
  4. go to the dogs: Vocabulary.com
  5. go to the dogs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. go to the dogs: Wiktionary
  7. go to the dogs: Dictionary.com
  8. go to the dogs: Rhymezone
  9. go to the dogs: FreeDictionary.org
  10. go to the dogs: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. go to the dogs: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. go to the dogs: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. go to the dogs: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. go to the dogs: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (idiomatic) To decline or deteriorate shockingly.

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