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gone down the toilet

gone down the toilet is the past participle 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 gone down the toilet

What is gone down the toilet the past participle of?
Gone down the toilet is the past participle of go down the toilet.

Words near gone down the toilet in the dictionary

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

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