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went down the tube

went down the tube is the simple past 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 went down the tube

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

Words near went down the tube in the dictionary

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

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