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Definition of handbasket noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

handbasket

noun

/ˈhændbɑːskɪt/

/ˈhændbæskɪt/

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go to hell in a handbasket (North American English)

(also go to the dogs British and North American English)

(informal) to get into a very bad state
- This firm's gone to hell in a handbasket since the new management took over.
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