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

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2021

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2021

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

From Salon • Sep. 28, 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

Another sign that civilization was going straight down the tubes.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline