Pan out

On the Saturday holidays in summer-time we used to borrow skiffs whose owners were not present and go down the river three miles to the cave hollow (Missourian for "valley"), and there we staked out claims and pretended to dig gold, panning out half a dollar a day at first.

His father came out in '49 with the gold rush crowd, panned out a good pile, and then, liking the life—San Francisco was a gay little burg those days—opened one of the crack gambling houses down on the Old Plaza.

My hopes for a white Christmas didn't pan out this year.

We'll see what pans out from the arbitration process.

Many a pretty girl I have seen in my time, who didn't pan out according to specifications when I finally met her.

That was just a theory! There's a lot of theories that didn't pan out: lone gunman, communism, geometry…

The China market is finally panning out, thanks to the voracious consumerism of the middle class.

"It is anybody's guess how this is going to pan out. The Government will have even more control of the railway than before, with no incentive to innovate. [...]"

“It’s not a goodbye because you never know how things pan out in the future, but it’s a thank you and I’ll see you soon,” Kane posted on his social media accounts.