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gone down the tube

gone down the tube is the past participle 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 gone down the tube

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

Words near gone down the tube in the dictionary

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

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