(euphemistic, idiomatic, Britain) Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

(euphemistic, idiomatic, US) Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

(idiomatic) Fundamentally; in essence; in reality

(meteorology, American spelling) A strong, downward air current; an air pocket or air hole.

(transitive) To cause something or someone to pass from a higher to a lower place. / (cricket) To bowl. / (transitive, slang) To commit (someone) to a prison term.

(US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) In secret. / (US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) Secretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner.

A state of secrecy. / (sexuality) The state of being a man who secretly sleeps with people other than his partner.

(of a person) Undercover or lying about one's identity. / (African-American Vernacular, of a man) Purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.

(idiomatic) To drive quickly; to step on the accelerator.

To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor. / (law) To deliver (the decision of a court, etc.)