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. What direction will Ritchie take next? by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) FEARS are growing that 1000 Scots jobs could go down the tubes after the sacking of 90 people at a huge manufacturing plant. Fears over 1000 jobs by The Mirror (London, England) We're seeing a lot of good ideas go down the tubes because of an unforgiving and unrealistic market. Warren Buffett by Arkansas Business			go berserk go beyond go blank go broke go by the board go by the book go by the name of Go chase yourself! go cold turkey go commando go crazy go deep go down a treat go down fighting go down for the third time go down in defeat go down in flames go down in history go down like a lead balloon go down like ninepins go down on knees go down that road go down the chute go down the line go down the plughole go down the tubes go down the wrong way go downhill go Dutch go easy go easy on go fifty-fifty Go figure Go figure! Go fly a kite! go for broke go for nothing go for the jugular go forward with go from bad to worse go from one extreme to the other go from rags to riches go from strength to strength Go fry an egg! go great guns go hand in hand go haywire go head to head go hell for leather go hog wild go home in a box			go down in flames go down in history go down in the world go down in the world go down in the world go down like a lead balloon go down like a lead balloon go down like a lead balloon go down like a lead balloon go down like a lead balloon go down like a lead balloon go down like ninepins go down like ninepins go down like ninepins go down on go down on knees go down that road go down the chute go down the drain Go Down the Hierarchy go down the line go down the line go down the line go down the line go down the line go down the plughole go down the tube go down the tube go down the tube go down the tube go down the tubes go down the wrong way go down to defeat go downhill go downhill go Dutch go Dutch go Dutch go easy go easy on go easy on go easy on go easy on go fall like ninepins go far Go Fast Bits Go Fast Turn Left Go faster stripes Go faster stripes Go Fat Early Go Fetch It Yourself go fifty-fifty Go figure Go figure Go figure Go figure (disambiguation) Go figure! Go Find Your Mom Go Find Your Self Go Find Yourself Go Fish

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