go to pot verb2 •(figurative) To come to ruin, especially to decline or deteriorate.They haven't been maintaining it, and the downtown area has really gone to pot over the past 20 years. •(no longer used) Go to hell; an angry dismissal.At this moment the rabbit sprang from his arms and disappeared among the brush wood. "Go to pot," said the man, "you are a good-for-nothing dry-meated beast, to make the best of you." — 1837 formswent to pot · gone to pot · going to pot · goes to pot