down a/the chute

Frequency: 7.21.5 per million words

Indicates movement downwards through a chute.

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Examples (10)

  • He tossed the discarded wrapping down the chute.
  • Every morning, she sends the dirty linens down the laundry chute.
  • The kids couldn't wait to slide down the giant water chute.
  • I watched the garbage bag disappear down the chute.
  • Tons of coal rattled down a chute into the ship's hold.
  • In the old skyscraper, you could mail letters by dropping them down a mail chute.
  • I gathered up all the towels and dropped them down the chute.
  • Please make sure the recycling goes down the correct chute.
  • The logs tumbled one after another down the chute to the sawmill.
  • The workers were feeding cardboard down the recycling chute all afternoon.