Examples of 'went down the drain' in a sentence

Meaning of "went down the drain"

Went down the drain means that something has been wasted, lost, or rendered useless. It refers to a situation where effort, investment, or expectations have ended in failure, disappointment, or futility. This phrase is often used to express frustration or regret when something valuable or promising has been squandered or destroyed
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  • simple past tense of go down the drain

How to use "went down the drain" in a sentence

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went down the drain
The murder weapon went down the drain.
It all went down the drain before it began.
That evidence just went down the drain.
She went down the drain.
The month everything went down the drain.
Just went down the drain.
All my ambitious plans went down the drain.
It all went down the drain the moment we started talking.
All the efforts went down the drain.
But it went down the drain with Freud and Darwin.
Then everything went down the drain.
That went Down the drain With my youth.
His little plan went down the drain.
He made a big mistake, a big investment went wrong and it all went down the drain.
Our firm just went down the drain.

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As the hours passed, tempers grew hotter as diplomacy and professionalism went down the drain.
All our work went down the drain.
I tried changing myself for you and everything went down the drain.
And it all went down the drain.
In short, it was a classic family dinner which went down the drain.
And that went down the drain.
He hung out with the wrong people and his life went down the drain slowly.
The plan went down the drain.
Everything I have worked for just went down the drain.
Excess water went down the drain to the sewage.
It just sort of melted and went down the drain.
My whole life went down the drain when I lost them.
And whatever he knew about all those murders went down the drain with him.
And all of it went down the drain in three hours.
All of my achievements so far … went down the drain.
No . It all went down the drain the moment we started talking.
Tens of millions of votes went down the drain.
It probably went down the drain in some bar Nothing, Renu.
Looks like that marriage went down the drain.
Everything went down the drain after the " October uprising " in Vojvodina and Montenegro.
I feel like it went down the drain.
I thought I was being careful, but some of the blood must have went down the drain.
Your manners went down the drain.
I wanted them to see our new millionaire, but the deal went down the drain.
That meant it went down the drain.
What time is it? One year 's worth of our hard work went down the drain.
The marriage went down the drain.
I would prefer that to a Pearl Harbor, when we went down the drain.
She said it went down the drain.
And that they would allow, that each order went down the drain.
But it all went down the drain.
The company all of Pat 's friends invested in went down the drain.
But if it went down the drain.
One thing after another, everything went down the drain.
My whole life went down the drain when I lost them. It's just your legs?

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