Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

going down the tube

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
go-ing -down the -tube
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of go down the tube

Questions

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

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