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down the tube/tubes

 

1. (informal) if something goes down the tubes, it fails or disappears Our holiday plans went down the tube because of the train strike.

2. (American informal) if someone goes down the tubes, they fail He's in danger of going down the tubes if he doesn't learn to get on with people at work.

See also: down, tube