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recipe for disaster

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plan that sounds as though it will end disastrously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • You and Larry living together sounds like a recipe for disaster.

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