Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pan_out

2 senses of pan out

Sense 1
pan out -- (be a success; "The idea panned out")
       => succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods -- (attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won")

Sense 2
pan, pan out, pan off -- (wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals)
       => wash -- (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))