Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

going down the drain

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
go-ing -down the drain
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of go down the drain

Questions

What does going down the drain mean?
present participle and gerund of go down the drain

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