verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

go down the toilet

go down the toilet · goes down the toilet · went down the toilet · gone down the toilet · going down the toilet

идет к черту

den Bach runtergehen

To failTo fail.

» May I go to the toilet?

Darf ich zur Toilette gehen?

Можно в туалет?

Можна в туалет?

Meaning

3 senses

(figuratively, idiomatic)To fail.
(figuratively, idiomatic)To degenerate rapidly.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down, the, toilet.

Examples

56 sentences

May I go to the toilet?
Можна в туалет? — deniko
ruМожно в туалет? — marafon
deDarf ich zur Toilette gehen? — faehrmann
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I must go to the toilet.
Мені треба до туалету. — deniko
deIch muss auf die Toilette gehen. — JWeighardt
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I need to go to the toilet.
Мені треба до туалету. — deniko
ruМне надо отойти в туалет. — Karok
deIch muss mal auf die Toilette. — Zaghawa
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During the test, she felt very sick, so she got a pass to go to the toilet.
Під час контрольної роботи їй стало дуже погано, тому їй дозволили піти в туалет. — ChickenKiev
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I saw him go into the toilet a few minutes ago.
deIch habe ihn vor ein paar Minuten auf die Toilette gehen sehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

2 languages

Forms

goes down the toilet, going down the toilet, went down the toilet, gone down the toilet

Base form	go down the toilet · to go down the toilet
3rd person singular	goes down the toilet
Present participle	going down the toilet
Past simple	went down the toilet
Past participle	gone down the toilet

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	go down the toilet
he, she, it	goes down the toilet

Past simpleLesson

all persons

went down the toilet

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gone down the toilet
he, she, it	has gone down the toilet

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will go down the toilet

Synonyms

9 synonyms

all senses:go down the drain go down the khazi go down the pan go down the tubes go down the tube go to hellgo down the plughole

to degenerate:go to seed go to the dogs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle