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going down the toilet

going down the toilet is the present participle and gerund 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 going down the toilet

What is going down the toilet the present participle and gerund of?
Going down the toilet is the present participle and gerund of go down the toilet.

Words near going down the toilet in the dictionary

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

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