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in the tank
in the tank1. Plummeting, as of prices. Housing prices around here are in the tank right now, so I doubt we'll get the price that we want if we sell.2. Available for use. I always keep an extra box of cereal in the tank for the kids. If you don't eat well before the game, you won't have enough energy in the tank to play well.3. Very much in favor of someone or something. I'm not in the tank for anyone, I swear—I'm completely neutral!See also: tankin the ˈtank (American English, informal, business) (about the price of shares, bonds, etc.) falling quickly: Technology stocks are doing well, but everything else is in the tank.See also: tank in the tank1. In reserve: a runner who didn't have enough in the tank to hold the lead.2. In a state of decline or failure: Stocks have been in the tank for months.3. Enthusiastically partial; strongly favoring: a reporter accused of being in the tank for a candidate.See also: tankin the tank
In the tankUsed in the context of general equities. Slang expression meaning market prices are dropping rapidly.In the TankInformal; Describing a security or market in which price(s) are dropping rapidly. The term may refer to drops in a single trading day or over several trading days. When a market goes in the tank, it may trigger a panic sale.in the tank Used to describe a security or a securities market during or following a period of large price declines. |