GO TO WRACK AND RUIN

Meaning of GO TO WRACK AND RUIN in English

v. phr. To fall apart and be ruined; to become useless. The barn went to wrack and ruin after the farmer moved. The car will soon go to wrack and ruin standing out in all kinds of weather.

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GO TO WRACK AND RUIN — {v. phr.} To fall apart and be ruined; to become useless. * /The barn went to wrack and ruin after …
Slang English vocab
GO TO WRACK AND RUIN — {v. phr.} To fall apart and be ruined; to become useless. * /The barn went to wrack and ruin after …
Словарь английских идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRACK — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wrak, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; akin to Old English wræc something driven …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WRACK — I. noun also rack ˈrak ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wræc; akin to Old English wrecan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUIN — I. ˈrü]ə̇n, ˈru̇] also ]ˌin, dial ˈrərn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ruine, from Middle French, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GO — I. (|)gō, when followed without pause by a stressed syllable sometimes _gə or +V _gəw verb ( went (|)went ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WRACK — (v. t.) To wreck.
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — (n.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — (n.) Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are …
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WRACK — (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — (v. t.) To rack; to torment.
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WRACK — (n.) A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
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RUIN — (v. i.) To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
Английский словарь Webster
RUIN — (n.) To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to …
Английский словарь Webster
RUIN — (n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; …
Английский словарь Webster
WRACK — ( v. t. ) To wreck.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRACK — ( v. t. ) To rack; to torment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRACK — ( n. ) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RUIN — ( n. ) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRACK — wrack 1 /rak/ , n. 1. wreck or wreckage. 2. damage or destruction: wrack and ruin. 3. a trace of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RUIN — — ruinable , adj. — ruiner , n. /rooh"in/ , n. 1. ruins , the remains of a building, city, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RUIN — I. ˈrü-ən, -ˌin; ˈrün noun Etymology: Middle English ruine, from Anglo-French, from Latin ruina, from ruere to rush headlong, fall, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GO — I. ˈgō verb ( went ˈwent ; gone ˈgȯn also ˈgän ; go·ing ˈgō-iŋ, ˈgȯ(-)iŋ; “gȯing to” in sense 13 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WRACK — noun wreck; ruin; destruction. 2. wrack ·noun coarse seaweed of any kind. 3. wrack ·noun a thin, flying cloud; a …
Webster English vocab
RUIN — noun the act of falling or tumbling down; fall. 2. ruin ·noun that which promotes injury, decay, or destruction. 3. …
Webster English vocab
GO — noun a glass of spirits. 2. go ·noun act; working; operation. 3. go ·p.p. gone. 4. go ·noun noisy merriment; …
Webster English vocab
WRACK — [wrack] n [ME wrak, fr. MD or MLG; akin to OE wraec something driven by the sea] (14c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GO — [go] vb went ; gone ; go.ing ; goes [ME gon, fr. OE gan; akin to OHG gan to go, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WRACK — wrack BrE AmE ræk (= rack) ▷ wracked rækt ▷ wracking ˈræk ɪŋ ▷ wracks ræks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RUIN — ruin BrE AmE ˈru ː ‿ɪn § \ ‿ən ▷ ruin|ed d ▷ ruin|ing ɪŋ ▷ ruin|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RUIN — / ˈruːɪn; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ vn ] 1. to damage sth so badly that it …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GO — / gəʊ; NAmE goʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( goes / gəʊz; NAmE goʊz/ went / went; NAmE / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRACK — wrack /ræk/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ rack 1 'to punish on the rack' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RUIN — I. ru ‧ in 1 S3 /ˈruːən, ˈruːɪn/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] 1 . to spoil or destroy something completely: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RUIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a destroyed or wrecked state. 2 a person's or thing's downfall or elimination (the ruin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
RUIN — n. & v. n. 1 a destroyed or wrecked state. 2 a person's or thing's downfall or elimination (the ruin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RUIN — n. & v. --n. 1. a destroyed or wrecked state. 2 a person's or thing's downfall or elimination (the ruin …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUIN — ( ruins, ruining, ruined) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. To ruin …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUIN — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. To ~ something …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RUIN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as good as dead/ruined/useless etc ▪ This carpet’s as good as ruined. destroy/ruin sb’s …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRACK — [noun] - go to wrack/rack and ruin, see rack (DECAY)
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRACK — See: GO TO WRACK AND RUIN.
Slang English vocab
WRACK — verb Wrack is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ pain
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RUIN — I. noun 1 spoiled state ADJECTIVE ▪ complete , utter VERB + RUIN ▪ fall into , go to ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GO — n. 25B6; verb he's gone into town : MOVE, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass; walk, travel, journey; poetic/literary …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WRACK — See: GO TO WRACK AND RUIN.
Словарь английских идиом
WRACK — 1. сущ. 1) остатки кораблекрушения wrack and ruin 2) водоросль, оставшаяся на берегу моря после отлива 2. гл. разрушать(ся) водоросли, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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RUIN — 1. сущ. 1) а) разорение, крах complete, utter ruin ≈ полный крах ruin game ≈ мат. игра на разорение financial …
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