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go down the tubes

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go down the tubes (spoken) also go down the tube
to fail or become much worse His business is going down the tubes and he's about to lose his house. Prices are going up and the service is terrible - everything's going down the tubes.
See also: tube


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It was always a given that the union between the Material Girl and her Zircon Geezer, her mockney cockney bit of pretend rough, was guaranteed to go down the tubes, lock, stock and two smoking barrels.
FEARS are growing that 1000 Scots jobs could go down the tubes after the sacking of 90 people at a huge manufacturing plant.
We're seeing a lot of good ideas go down the tubes because of an unforgiving and unrealistic market.
 
 
 
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