nose over

nose over {v.}

To turn over on the nose so as to land upside down.

The airplane made a faulty landing approach and nosed over.

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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

nose down

[nose down] {v.}, {of an aircraft} To head down; bring down the nose of. * /The big airliner began to nose down for a landing./ * /The pilot nosed the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on the nose

[on the nose] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Just right; exactly. * /Stanley hit the ball on the nose./ * /The airplane pilot found the small landing field on the nose./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

nose up

[nose up] {v.} To head up; incline the forward end upwards; move up. * /The airplane nosed up through the cloud bank./ * /The pilot nosed the plane up from […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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