go down the chute

go down the chute

To fail; to be ruined or destroyed; to be squandered or wastefully discarded. My father's company is now going down the chute because of the incompetent new CEO. All of our savings have gone down the chute ever since Jack had his little gambling spree in Las Vegas. We had big plans for our trip, but everything went down the chute when that storm rolled in.

See also: chute, down, go

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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.

See also: chute, down, go

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

go down the chute

verb

See go down the tubes

See also: chute, down, go

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