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pear-shaped

 adjective
     
pear-shaped
1

go pear-shaped

British English informal if an activity or situation goes pear-shaped, it goes wrong:
The whole thing went pear-shaped.
2 someone who is pear-shaped has wide hips and a fairly small chest
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