nosedive

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I'd seen compaq go from dominating PDAs and nosedive off the cliff.

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Quick take

a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline; "the stock took a nosedive"

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline; "the stock took a nosedive"

noun

a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

verb

plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nosedive.

noun

a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline; "the stock took a nosedive"

noun

a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

verb

plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

Example sentences

I'd seen compaq go from dominating PDAs and nosedive off the cliff.

That is where the money goes while class sizes increase, teacher salaries nosedive, and essential core subjects get trivialized or cut.

I guess after the NSA revelations their public image took a nosedive, developers with strong morals have probably abandoned that sinking ship.

I suspect conservative support for school vouchers that allowed religious schools would take a huge nosedive as soon as Islamic schools started taking advantage of them though, which is currently what's causing the Netherlands to rethink its voucher program.

I don't think you can call something a "turnaround strategy" when the result is to cause the company's value to nosedive so far that the most viable means to salvage any of their investors' money is to divest them of their stock at a significant loss.