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going down the tube

going down the tube is the present participle and gerund of go down the tube.

Meaning of go down the tube

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.

Questions about going down the tube

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

Words near going down the tube in the dictionary

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

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