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take a dive

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  • verb idiomatic, boxing To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally.
  • verb idiomatic To lose or fail intentionally.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer

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hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. affect
  2. dissemble
  3. feign
  4. pretend
  5. sham

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