the gutter

noun

: the lowest or poorest conditions of human life
He squandered all his money and wound up in the gutter.

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Teachers, and their students, may be better served by focusing on learning, without the gutter guards. Derek Newton, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 This show wonders why their ratings are in the gutter. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025 Alas, the show must go on, and she gets dragged to the gutter by her drama teacher, who then gives the part to Blair. Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025 June let the water balloon fall into the gutter and put her arm around Gabriel. Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for the gutter

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“The gutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20gutter. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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