nose dive

  1. a swift, steep downward plunge of an airplane, with the nose toward the earth
  2. any sudden, sharp drop, as in profits

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See nose dive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb nose-dived nose-dived or nose-dove (-dōvˌ), nose-div·ing, nose-dives
To perform a nosedive.

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  • noseˈ-divˌer noun

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