into a nose dive

See: GO INTO A TAIL SPIN or GO INTO A NOSE DIVE.

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[nose] See: [COUNT HEADS] or [COUNT NOSES], [CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE], [FOLLOW ONE'S NOSE], [GO INTO A TAIL SPIN] or [GO INTO A NOSE DIVE], [HARD-NOSED], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

take a nose dive

[take a nose dive] {v. phr.} To plummet; fall sharply. * /The stock market took a nose dive after the news of the President's heart attack./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

dive

[dive] See: [GO INTO A TAIL SPIN] or [GO INTO A NOSE DIVE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

go into a nose dive

[go into a nose dive] See: [GO INTO A TAIL SPIN]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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