(derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) To waste prior work by subsequent bad decisions.

The return of people who emigrated from a country during the process of brain drain.

(medicine, surgery) A closed-suction medical device consisting of an internal drain connected to a grenade-shaped bulb via plastic tubing, commonly used for collecting bodily fluids from surgical sites.

plural of reverse brain drain

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of laugh like a drain

present participle of laugh like a drain

simple past tense and past participle of laugh like a drain

To investigate the internals of a situation.

plural of Jackson-Pratt drain

Alternative form of like a rat up a drainpipe