down the drain
down the drain
D d Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [doun stressed th ee dreyn]
- /daʊn stressed ði dreɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [doun stressed th ee dreyn]
- /daʊn stressed ði dreɪn/
Definitions of down the drain words
- phrase down the drain If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted. 0
- phrase down the drain If you say that a business is going down the drain, you mean that it is failing financially. 0
- noun down the drain wasted 0
- noun down the drain lost in a wasteful, heedless way 0
- preposition down the drain (Idiomatic) Wasted, squandered; irretrievable. 0
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Parts of speech for Down the drain
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down the drain popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
down the drain usage trend in Literature
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