Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

went down the tubes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
wen-t -down the -tubes
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of go down the tubes

Questions

What does went down the tubes mean?
simple past of go down the tubes

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