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

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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

Four of the eight tubes also featured elaborate bull figurines with a hole through the middle, which could move up and down the tubes with ease.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022

"The commercial drive to develop any products just went down the tubes," said Sheahan.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 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

If you go and tell your boss that you’ve found Marburg virus and you are wrong, your career goes down the tubes.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

down the tubes

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