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(euphemistic, idiomatic, US) Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

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go down the tubes

Source Word

go down the tubes

Verb

US euphemistic idiomatic

(euphemistic, idiomatic, US) Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

Japanese Meaning

急速に失敗する、急速に衰退するという意味で使われる / すぐに悪化していく、破綻するという意味で使われる

When the main client pulled out, our whole product launch started to go down the tubes.

主要なクライアントが撤退したとき、私たちの製品のローンチ全体は失敗し始めた。

Sense（1）

(euphemistic, idiomatic, US) Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

The entire plan went down the tubes when they found they couldn't get strawberries in December.

goes down the tubes

（ present singular third-person ）

going down the tubes

（ participle present ）

went down the tubes

（ past ）

gone down the tubes

（ participle past ）