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down the tubes

tube
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [toob, tyoob]
    • /tub, tyub/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [toob, tyoob]
    • /tub, tyub/

Definitions of down the tubes words

  • noun down the tubes a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases. 1
  • noun down the tubes a small, collapsible, cylinder of metal or plastic sealed at one end and having a capped opening at the other from which paint, toothpaste, or some other semifluid substance may be squeezed. 1
  • noun down the tubes Anatomy, Zoology. any hollow, cylindrical vessel or organ: the bronchial tubes. 1
  • noun down the tubes Botany. any hollow, elongated body or part. the united lower portion of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx. 1
  • noun down the tubes inner tube. 1
  • noun down the tubes Electronics. electron tube. 1
See all 19 definitions of down the tubes

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Origin of down the tubes

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600, tube is from the Latin word tubus pipe

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Parts of speech for Down the tubes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Down the tubes

down the tubes popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% 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".

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Synonyms for down the tubes

adj down the tubes

  • dead — A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.
  • destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
  • done for — past participle of do1 .
  • down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
  • finished — ended or completed.
All 23 Synonyms of down the tubes

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