go down the toilet
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Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
go down the toilet (third-person singular simple present goes down the toilet, present participle going down the toilet, simple past went down the toilet, past participle gone down the toilet)
- (idiomatic, figurative) To fail.
- (idiomatic, figurative) To degenerate rapidly.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down, the, toilet.
Synonyms
- (all senses): go down the drain, go down the plughole; go down the khazi, go down the pan (UK); go down the tubes, go down the tube (US), go to hell
- (to degenerate): go to seed, go to the dogs
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