go down the tubes

phrase

informal

1

: to fail or become ruined

His health is going down the tubes.

2

: to be wasted or lost

All my hard work went down the tubes.

Examples of go down the tubes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If Governor Moore runs and wins again, this state will go down the tubes for good. — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025

The problem is that weak ties go down the tubes, and those are the most predictive thing for innovation. — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2023

Without adequate recovery—easy days, sleep, downtime—training adaptations go down the tubes. — Outside Online, 22 July 2020

Rhymes for go down the tubes

• boobs
• cubes
• pubes
• nanotubes