go down the drain

1. see down the drain.

Example Sentences

As social media and search engines dominate the advertising business that once fueled the journalism industry, many California news outlets that have stuck to old business models are watching money go down the drain, Kahn said.

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"As chief secretary, chancellor and now PM Rishi Sunak has allowed costs to soar and public money go down the drain. This is a government with no direction, no plan and no regard for taxpayers' money," shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said.

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“Every day this is put off, more dollars go down the drain to fuel the D.C. swamp,” she told The Times.

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“You can’t possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely. Look at the success of France with their stupid, you know, off for August, blah blah blah. That’s not a very thriving country. Should America go down the drain because people don’t want to go back to work?”

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“Look at the success of France with their stupid … you know, off for August, blah blah blah. That’s not a very thriving country. Should America go down the drain because people don’t want to go back to work?”

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