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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"From that point on I have always had a soft spot for them, but I started focusing on them more and more as Scottish football started to go down the tubes a little bit."

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

From the outset, that pipe dream seemed perpetually in danger of going down the tubes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2021

It took just one play against the San Francisco 49ers to send all that optimism down the tubes.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2020

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

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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