Meaning of take a dive | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To decline rapidly.
2. To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally.
   idiomatic
3. To lose or fail intentionally.
   idiomatic

Examples

“Other broad market gauges took even steeper dives, with the Standard & Poor's 500, which includes financial stocks, falling 9.93%.”

“I decided there could be a nice bit of irony in a situation where a boxer, with a crown his for the taking, deliberately takes a dive⟳ to get⟳ revenge on the man he hates, who is betting everything on the boxer's victory.”

“"You got a fight⟳ next weekend. You take⟳ a dive⟳ in the fourth round, understand⟳?"”

“The businessman turned promoter rejected some of overseas rumors going around that Klitschko bet⟳ a large portion of funds on himself and then took a dive⟳ to collect⟳.”

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