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goes down the toilet

goes down the toilet is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go down the toilet.

Meaning of go down the toilet

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.

Questions about goes down the toilet

What is goes down the toilet the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes down the toilet is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go down the toilet.

Words near goes down the toilet in the dictionary

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

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