to go to waste. to be thrown out. to worsen from the beginning onwards. based upon the idea that when food went bad, it was fed to the dogs, as they were thought to be inferior. a better version is "went to the bombs."
"my essay started out good, but then it went to the dogs."
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Used when something got thrown away/forgotten. Can be used about objects or ideas/morals
Person 1: so much for saying masturbating an animal was wrong
Person 2: (Looking at gerbil lying in it's own cum) yeah... that went to the dogs didn't it
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