Match and Pan out

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Match verb - To be the exact counterpart of.

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Pan out and match are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pan out" instead a verb "Match".

Nearby Words: matched, matching, matcher

Pan out verb - To come to be.

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Match and pan out are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Match" instead a verb "Pan out".

Dumb Muscle: Boy genius Roland Desmond thought he would be able to amplify his muscles to match his brains, but that didn't pan out the way he'd planned after he turned into Blockbuster.

Source: Western Animation / Batman: The Brave and the Bold
The inverted version is shown in Dog Soldiers: The screen shows an article depicting the events of the film, only to quickly pan out, revealing it as a secondary story to the main headline (the result of an International Football match).

Source: Worst News Judgment Ever

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Pan out and Match. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/pan_out

Match & Pan out. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/pan_out>.

Pan out or Match. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/pan_out.

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