crash dive

crash dive

1. noun A sudden descent, typically in an emergency situation. The phrase is usually applied to submarines and airplanes. Engine two is out, prepare for a crash dive!
2. verb To make such a descent. My brain could barely comprehend that the our lives were in danger before the plane started to crash dive.
See also: crash, dive
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • fire and brimstone
  • beater
  • angle
  • angling
  • wear (one's) apron high
  • high
  • high, wide, and handsome
References in periodicals archive
Our first date was to see a movie called Crash Dive at the Picture House in Glasgow.
Showbiz Sam: The Man In The Know
To the participant there are a multitude of complex moves to master including crash dives, lazy backs, baranis, rudis, randis, adolfs, full backs, ball-outs and half-outs.
BOUNCING TO NEW HEIGHTS