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nose dive

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

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nose-dive intransitive verb nose-dived, nose-diving

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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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