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Meaning of go down the tubes | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

US, euphemistic, idiomatic

Examples

“The entire plan went down the tubes when they found they couldn't get strawberries in December.”

“Meanwhile, Susan's own workplace shut down, and she found herself "on the street with no job and a two-year-old kid. I was trying my damndest and I was going right down the tubes."”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

go down the wrong pipe go down the wrong throat go down the wrong way go down with go downhill go downtown