down a/the tube
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- She poured the liquid down the tube.
- The engineer carefully guided the wire down a narrow tube.
- Water flowed quickly down the drainage tube after the heavy rain.
- They fed the patient nutrients down a feeding tube.
- He watched the small ball roll down the plastic tube.
- To clean it, you need to flush water down the entire tube.
- The technician inserted the camera down a flexible tube to inspect the damage.
- Smoke curled down the ventilation tube and out into the open.
- We pushed the cable down a long, insulated tube to reach the other end.
- A steady stream of chemicals dripped down the glass tube in the laboratory.