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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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As the son of a one-time big-time Hollywood producer whose career had gone down the tubes, the young Jonathan meets aspiring director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan), hired to be a mourner at the elder Shields' funeral. You start something in a good market and by the time the city gets to it the market has gone down the tubes," the person. Some excellent lead-generating programs have gone down the tubes because management believed that the goal of these programs had been achieved when the lead was turned over to the salesperson. |
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