DCHP-2

pan out † Placer Mining DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1a v.

  separate gold from gravel or pulverized rock by washing the gravel in a pan (def. 3).

  See also: pan ((n.)) (def. 3)  pan ((v.)) (def. 1a)  

• 1b v.

  yield (in gold).

• 2 v. — Informal

  turn out; work out in practice.