nosedivenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈnəʊz.daɪv/us/ˈnoʊz.daɪv/a fast and sudden fall to the ground with the front pointing down:
The plane roared overhead and went into a nosedive.
a sudden fast fall in prices, value, etc.:
There was alarm in the markets when the dollar took a nosedive.
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Falling and dropping
- ass
- ass over teakettle idiom
- collapse
- collapse/fall in a heap idiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop
- drop like flies idiom
- drop sb/sth off
- fly
- hit the deck idiom
- let go idiom
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- put sth/sb down
- shower
- thump
- wayside
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Price decreases
nosediveverb [ I ]
uk/ˈnəʊz.daɪv/us/ˈnoʊz.daɪv/to suddenly fall to the ground with the front pointing down:
Spectators in the crowd watched in horror as the plane nosedived.
to suddenly fall in value, quickly and by a large amount:
House prices nosedived without warning.
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- step sth down
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
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