fall into a nosedive

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• fall — v 1. descend, come or go down, drop down, gravitate, sink; slip, slide, backslide; trip, trip over one s own feet, stumble, fall down, take a spill, tumble; go head over heels, pitch, plunge, plummet, dive, take a nosedive; drop, plop, plump, Inf …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• nosedive — nose|dive1 [ˈnəuzdaıv US ˈnouz ] n 1.) a sudden very large fall in the price, value, or condition of something ▪ The pound took a nosedive on the foreign exchange market today. ▪ The economy went into a nosedive . 2.) a sudden steep drop made by… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• nosedive — 1. noun 1) the plane went into a nosedive Syn: dive, descent, drop, plunge, plummet, fall Ant: climb 2) informal the dollar took a nosedive Syn: fall …   Thesaurus of popular words

• fall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. plunge, drop, sink, tumble, topple; perish; be deposed, come to grief; happen, occur, take place; sin, misbehave, lapse. n. slope, declivity; downfall, defeat, comedown; drop, slump; plunge, tumble …   English dictionary for students

• fall — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, Scotch mist, Waterloo, abate, abatement, ablate, accept, apostasy, ascend, assail, assault, associate with, attack, autumn, backslide, backsliding, bag, bank, bate, be destroyed, be eaten away, be found, be… …   Moby Thesaurus

• nosedive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plunge, descent, fall; crash. See aviation. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A sudden involuntary drop to the ground: dive, fall, pitch, plunge, spill, tumble. Informal: header. See RISE. 2. The act… …   English dictionary for students

• plunge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. dip, submerge; dive; sink, fall, drop; douse, go or put under water; gamble, bet heavily, go off the deep end (inf.); fling, jump. n. dive, swim, dip; submersion; informal, venture. See water, haste.… …   English dictionary for students

• dive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plunge, dip, swoop; nosedive, power dive; slang, honky tonk. See descent, drinking. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A sudden motion downward] Syn. plunge, leap, spring, nosedive, headlong leap, headlong jump,… …   English dictionary for students

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• pitch — I v 1. erect, set up, raise, rear; encamp, station, locate, situate. 2. establish, fix, determine, decide upon, settle, set, stabilize; plant, put, place. 3. fling, cast, throw, toss; heave, hurl, sling, catapult, launch; dart, Brit. Sl. bung,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder