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go down the tube

go down the tube verb: synonym of go down the tubes: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of go down the tubes: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

Synonyms of go down the tube

Forms of go down the tube

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

Questions about go down the tube

What does go down the tube mean?
Go down the tube means synonym of go down the tubes: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
What part of speech is go down the tube?
Go down the tube is a verb.
What is the past tense of go down the tube?
The past tense of go down the tube is went down the tube.

Words near go down the tube in the dictionary

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

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