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flush down - flow freely; "The body washed down the river"

wash down

flush - flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"

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Even the so-called flushable wipes can end up trapped in the treatment works, even if they flush down the toilet.

Teeth, hats and wet wipes - all blocking sewers

LIVERPOOL people have shared their confessions of the unusual things they flush down the toilet - which costs the north west PS10m - EVERY YEAR.

DOWN THE LOO! Beetroots, falsh lashes, panties ...dead hamster; Revealed: the daftest things we flush away

LIKE something unpleasant that won't flush down the toilet, up floats pocket-sized race hate extremist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson.

POINTS OF DISORDER #1

Visitors learnt all about what happens to the water they empty in the bath, flush down the toilet or use in the washing machine.

Feeling flush!

We are leading the industry in pushing the bounds of technology, and our customers can be reassured that we are doing all we can to use the waste they flush down the toilet as a fuel and turn it into electricity and gas to add to the national grids which people use to light their homes and cook their meals."

What goes around may come around - as fuel

One of the images in today's Examiner shows the enormous amount of fat that people flush down their sinks - probably without a thought or care as to where it ends up.

Fat down the drains; COMMENT The policy of honesty. The might of right. The expediency of principle

But if we tried to promote what we really flush down the toilet, I think some people might be grossed out," said Walsh.

Now, hi-tech toilet that can swallow 18 golf balls!

We will have to see who we flush down the toilet first." How about you make it a double, Mandy...