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down the tube/tubes

1. if something goes down the tubes, it fails or disappears. Our holiday plans went down the tube because of the train strike.

2. 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.

See also: down

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go down the tubes

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: down