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goes down the tubes

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

Meaning of go down the tubes

Verb

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

  1. (US, euphemistic, idiomatic) Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
    • The entire plan went down the tubes when they found they couldn't get strawberries in December.

Questions about goes down the tubes

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

Words near goes down the tubes in the dictionary

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

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