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

“It’s when people can’t hear any other stories that things go down the tubes very fast.”

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022

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

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2021

Not only has the artwork of the “Mark Trail” comic strip gone down the tubes, but so has the content.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

“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