to go to rack

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rack \Rack\, n. [See {Wreck}.]
   A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.]
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   {Rack and ruin}, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.]

   {To go to rack}, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.] "All
      goes to rack." --Pepys.
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