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go down the toilet

go down the toilet verb: to fail.

Verb

go down the toilet (third-person singular simple present goes down the toilet, present participle going down the toilet, simple past went down the toilet, past participle gone down the toilet)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) To fail.
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) To degenerate rapidly.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down, the, toilet.

Synonyms of go down the toilet

Forms of go down the toilet

third-person singular presentgoes down the toilet
present participlegoing down the toilet
pastwent down the toilet
past participlegone down the toilet

Questions about go down the toilet

What does go down the toilet mean?
Go down the toilet means to fail.
What part of speech is go down the toilet?
Go down the toilet is a verb.
What is the past tense of go down the toilet?
The past tense of go down the toilet is went down the toilet.

Words near go down the toilet in the dictionary

  1. go down that road
  2. go down the drain
  3. go down the khazi
  4. go down the pan
  5. go down the road
  6. go down the toilet
  7. go down the tube
  8. go down the tubes
  9. go down the wrong pipe
  10. go down the wrong throat
  11. go down the wrong way

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