nosedive
Collocations
3VERB + NOSEDIVE
took
NOSEDIVE + NOUN
tom
PREP.
in, out
Definitions
noun
A headfirst fall or jump.
A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards.
A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.
Byers was frequently at odds with Rail Regulator Sir Tom Winsor, but quit after 11 months - his career took a nosedive when he admitted false claims for £125,000 expenses, and he was banned from the House of Commons for two years.
verb
To dive down in a steep angle.
To perform a rapid fall in price or value.
With punctuality nosediving and both overcrowding and cancellations on the rise, a new simplified timetable was introduced in December amid threats from the Mayor that he would ask the Secretary of State for Transport to strip Abellio of the franchise.
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noun — a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
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4Byers was frequently at odds with Rail Regulator Sir Tom Winsor, but quit after 11 months - his career took a nosedive when he admitted false claims for £125,000 expenses, and he was banned from the H
WiktionaryWith punctuality nosediving and both overcrowding and cancellations on the rise, a new simplified timetable was introduced in December amid threats from the Mayor that he would ask the Secretary of St
WiktionaryPull out of your nosedive, Tom.
Tatoeba · #6600769The once-vibrant cotton industry took a nosedive in the 1990s and is only now starting to get back on its feet. But it might be too little too late.
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