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Definitions

down the tubes

ADJECTIVE
down the drain
Synonyms
WEAK
all gone by the board done for finished kaput lost to pfft
ADJECTIVE
kaput
Synonyms
WEAK
all washed up belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain finished floored had it nonfunctioning on the skids out of business out of circulation sunk totaled washed up wiped-out

Example Sentences

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And this is when New York was having all this financial trouble, and it was gonna go down the tubes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Cohen might consider refreshing her palette before taking the Greeks, in toto, down the tubes again.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2021

I’m distressed to think Seattle is going down the tubes and hope voters take time to study each candidate up for election.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021

I got to really face the reality of that because it was my dress and if it didn't sell, my job was going to go down the tubes and the company down the tubes.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2020

“A year’s worth of work goin’ down the tubes in a New York second.”

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.