to go into o take a nose-dive

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• nose dive — n. 1) (also fig.) to go into, take a nose dive (stocks took a nose dive) 2) to come out of a nose dive * * * take a nose dive (stocks took a nose dive) (also fig.) to go into to come out of a nose dive …   Combinatory dictionary

• nose dive — noun a steep nose down descent by an aircraft • Syn: ↑dive, ↑nosedive • Hypernyms: ↑descent • Hyponyms: ↑power dive * * * noun 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• nose-dive — v plunge, dive, swoop, jackknife, jump headlong or headfirst; pitch, lurch, fall headfirst, take a spill or a fall, tumble, stumble; drop, decline, descend, fall, go down; fall off, worsen, get worse, look bad, go into a tailspin …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• 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

• dive — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of an aircraft ADJECTIVE ▪ steep, vertical ▪ gentle, shallow ▪ spiral VERB + DIVE ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• nosedive — nose|dive1 [ nouz,daıv ] noun count MAINLY JOURNALISM 1. ) a sudden reduction in prices, profits, etc.: go into a nosedive: The company s share price went into a nosedive yesterday. take a nosedive: The value of the dollar took another nosedive… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• 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

• collapse — v 1. cave in, tumble down, founder, give way, crumple, crumple up, fall down, fall inward or outward, come apart; crumble, fall into pieces, break into fragments, break apart, fall into ruin; be demolished, be torn down, be felled, be pulled down …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Wan Laiming — Wan Lai Ming (zh tsp|t=萬籟鳴|s=万籁鸣|p=Wàn Làimíng; January 18, 1900 October 7, 1997) was born in Nanjing, China. He was one of the Wan brothers who pioneered the Chinese animation industry, and became China s first animator. As the director of the… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• pitch — Synonyms and related words: AF, French pitch, abuse, acme, address, after dinner speech, allocution, amount, angularity, apex, apogee, ascend, asphalt, assail, assault, assist, attack, audio frequency, ballyhoo, bank, base, belabor, belly buster …   Moby Thesaurus