take a dive | Idiomator

Meaning: Todeclinerapidly.2008December 1, John Curran, “The Recession Is Made Official — and StocksTake a Dive”, inTime‎[1]:Other broad market gaugestookeven steeperdives, with the Standard & Poor's 500, which includes financial stocks, falling 9.93%.; (idiomatic,boxing)Tofeignaknockoutin order toloseintentionally.1950, Jules Archer,I Sell What I Write, page44:I decided there could be a nice bit of irony in a situation where a boxer, with a crown his for the taking, deliberatelytakes a diveto get revenge on the man he hates, who is betting everything on the boxer's victory.2012, Gary Lovisi, “Boxing, Babes & Bullets”, inBattling Boxing Stories, Wildside Press LLC,→ISBN, page165:"You got a fight next weekend. Youtake a divein the fourth round, understand?"2015December 31, Vadim Pushkin, “Povetkin Promoter Praises Fury, Rejects Klitschko Dive Claim”, inBoxing Scene‎[2], retrieved3 August 2016:The businessman turned promoter rejected some of overseas rumors going around that Klitschko bet a large portion of funds on himself and thentook a diveto collect.; (idiomatic)To lose or fail intentionally.

Examples:

EN: We're gonna take a dive into this now.
ES: - Nos vamos a meter ahí. - Uno, dos, tres...
EN: He got 25 grand to double-cross you and take a dive.
ES: Consiguió 25 de los grandes por traicionarte y tirarse.
EN: Handing Burke 25 grand to take a dive.
ES: Por darle a Burke 25 de los grandes por tirarse.
EN: He has been known to listen when somebody wanted his boy to take a dive.
ES: Se sabe que escucha cuando alguien quiere que su muchacho se deje ganar.
EN: Some of the boys have got an idea Stanton may take a dive.
ES: Algunos de los muchachos tienen la idea de que Stanton se echará a la lona.
EN: He might take a dive in the river and forget to come up.
ES: Quizá se pegue un baño en el río y se olvide de salir a flote.
EN: I saw a guy take a dive once.
ES: Una vez vi saltar a uno.
EN: You'd like to see me take a dive, wouldn't you?
ES: ¿Te gustaría ver una comedia? ¿No es eso?
EN: Who's asking you to take a dive?
ES: Nadie dice que te tires.
EN: I'm paying him to take a dive.
ES: Le he pagado por morder la lona.
EN: - You better, or I'll take a dive.
ES: - Si no, perderé a propósito.
EN: How about me putting some dough on Giveno and you take a dive, huh?
ES: ¿Y si le apuesto a Giveno y pierdes a propósito?
EN: The night I fought him, my manager O'Hara and a gambler named Morgan made a deal for me to take a dive.
ES: Cuando peleamos, mi mánager y Morgan, un apostador, acordaron que me tirara a la lona.
EN: Listen, nobody has to take a dive for me.
ES: No necesito que nadie se tire.
EN: Remember what I told you. You take a dive. Ain't no disgrace to that.
ES: Recuerda lo que te he dicho .si te tira, no es ninguna deshonra

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