go down the drain

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1. see down the drain.

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go down the drain

Once they go down the drain they will remain in the environment for centuries, possibly fragmenting into smaller pieces over time.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2022

I don’t want to build a business that’s supposed to care for a person to place it in their care and watch it go down the drain because they can’t care for it back.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2022

Until the momentum shifts, as it eventually will, considerably more wealth will go down the drain.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

Here’s hoping that lovers of plays and the news business will want to follow, too, to see how it all started to go down the drain.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2019

So Stuart slipped into his old pants and prepared to go down the drain after the ring.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White