"go down the toilet" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go down the toilet.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes down the toilet [present, singular, third-person], going down the toilet [participle, present], went down the toilet [past], gone down the toilet [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> down the toilet}} 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)
  1. (idiomatic, figurative) To fail. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic 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
    Sense id: en-go_down_the_toilet-en-verb-RQbGaJ2m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 48 3 Disambiguation of 'all senses': 50 31 19
  2. (idiomatic, figurative) To degenerate rapidly. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Synonyms (to degenerate): go to seed, go to the dogs
    Sense id: en-go_down_the_toilet-en-verb-kc8axABr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 48 3 Disambiguation of 'to degenerate': 10 87 2
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down, the, toilet.
    Sense id: en-go_down_the_toilet-en-verb-wLWxq2no
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: go to the toilet, circle the drain, in the toilet

Inflected forms

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