nosedive

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To dive down in a steep angle
To perform a rapid fall in price or value
A rapid fall in price or value
A headfirst fall or jump
If something such as someone's reputation or career nosedives, it suddenly gets much worse. Since the US invasion the president's reputation has nosedived. Nosedive is also a noun. He told the tribunal his career had `taken a nosedive' since his dismissal last year
If prices, profits, or exchange rates nosedive, they suddenly fall by a large amount. The value of other shares nosedived by £2.6 billion. = plummet Nosedive is also a noun. The bank yesterday revealed a 30 per cent nosedive in profits
{i} steep dive of an airplane; sharp decline in price
plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft
{f} dive; fall; skydive; decrease drastically
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