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tailspin
[ teyl-spin ]
verb (used without object)
- to take or experience a sudden and dramatic downturn:
After the mill closes, the local economy may tailspin.
tailspin
/ ˈ³Ù±ðɪ±ôËŒ²õ±èɪ²Ô /
noun
- aeronautics another name for spin
- informal.a state of confusion or panic
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see go into a tailspin .Example Sentences
A few strategically placed boats, a handful of divers and a couple of on-land sabotage teams could send the world into a vicious tailspin.
A loss to Ireland in Dublin last weekend took the tailspin to six in seven matches.
And suddenly things have started to look very dicey there "where women have outpaced men by 13 points in the early vote which has sent the campaign into a tailspin during the past two days."
Those people know we’re counting on their students to steer our collective ship out of its tailspin, commanding an emotional investment in these four episodes.
When coach and quarterback split up, Tom Brady won Round 1 by guiding Tampa Bay to a Super Bowl victory while Bill Belichick was unable to pull New England out of a tailspin.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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