go down the tube in English

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go down the tube.wav

Forms: goes down the tube [present, singular, third-person], going down the tube [participle, present], went down the tube [past], gone down the tube [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> down the tube}} go down the tube (third-person singular simple present goes down the tube, present participle going down the tube, simple past went down the tube, past participle gone down the tube)

Inflected forms

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"go down the tube" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms