Definition of circle the drain
circle the drain 
verb
- to be near failure or death.
The restaurant where I work is circling the drain. I think I'll be out of a job soon.
I really haven't done a good job at the company. I think my career is circling the drain.
Last edited on Apr 20 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'circle': | |
| Definitions include: a social group. | |
| Definitions include: a sexual practice in which a group of men stand in a circle and engage in mutual masturbation, with or without interpersonal contact. | |
| Definitions include: breasts. | |
| Definitions include: to defend against an attack. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "circling the drain" (i.e. about to die,) used on medical charts by doctors in the UK. | |
| Definitions include: four right angled knife cuts to remove the dead animal's anus from its hide, to facilitate the hide's removal from the carcass. | |
Other terms relating to 'drain': | |
| Definitions include: the departure of intelligent people from a company, organization, country, etc. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "circling the drain" (i.e. about to die,) used on medical charts by doctors in the UK. | |
| Definitions include: "brain damage", as if spoken by one with brain damage. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is a total slacker, or completely lazy. | |
| Definitions include: to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: to urinate | |
| Definitions include: to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: To pee; usually male. | |
| Definitions include: To urinate. | |
| Definitions include: misspelling of "drain the main vein". | |
| Definitions include: to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: To pee; usually male. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: Meaning caring about everything. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
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