tank (verb) — sense 4

To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

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Example
He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices.
Order number
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Part of speech
verb

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