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go down the chute and go down the drain; go down the tube(s) Sl. to fail; to be thrown away or wasted. Everything we have accomplished has gone down the chute. The whole project went down the drain. down the tube/tubes 1. (informal) if something goes down the tubes, it fails or disappears Our holiday plans went down the tube because of the train strike. 2. (American informal) if someone goes down the tubes, they fail He's in danger of going down the tubes if he doesn't learn to get on with people at work. 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It's the same old Clippers going down the tubes,' '' Brand said. Their whole presidency was going down the tubes because of the war in Iraq and all these other issues, so they just said, "OK, we're going to ratchet up the hatemongers, divert attention to the Federal Marriage Amendment, hide Mary Cheney, and we'll get by that way. We are facing a situation where all of those years of progress in the Middle East are essentially going down the tubes," one diplomat declared. |
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