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went down the toilet

went down the toilet is the simple past 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 went down the toilet

What is went down the toilet the simple past of?
Went down the toilet is the simple past of go down the toilet.

Words near went down the toilet in the dictionary

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

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