Usually means: Develop or conclude successfully, eventually.
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  1. pan out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pan out: Merriam-Webster
  3. pan out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pan out: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pan out: Vocabulary.com
  6. pan out: Wordnik
  7. pan out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pan out: Wiktionary
  9. pan out: Dictionary.com
  10. pan out: Rhymezone
  11. pan out: Phrasal Verb Page
  12. pan out: FreeDictionary.org
  13. pan out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. pan out: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pan out: Encyclopedia

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  1. pan out: Idioms

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  1. pan out: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pan out)

verb:  (transitive) To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To proceed according to plan; to result or end up with an acceptable outcome or in an acceptable form.

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