gone for a burton
The phrase "gone for a burton" originated in the United Kingdom and is primarily used in informal British English. It means that someone or something has failed, been ruined, or has been lost irrecoverably. It is often used to describe situations where things have gone drastically wrong or have come to a negative end.
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