verb (past tense and past participle) / adjective
afundou, fracassou, embriagado
1. Failed badly or performed poorly
The movie tanked at the box office.
O filme fracassou completamente na bilheteria.
2. Declined sharply in value or performance
The stock market tanked after the announcement.
O mercado de ações caiu drasticamente após o anúncio.
3. Deliberately lost a game or competition (informal)
The team tanked the match to secure a better draft pick.
O time perdeu propositalmente a partida para conseguir uma melhor posição no sorteio.
4. Became heavily intoxicated (slang)
He got tanked at the party last night.
Ele ficou muito embriagado na festa da noite passada.
NYC Slang
bombed, flopped, went belly-up
Related Idioms & Phrases
tank up (to fill with fuel or get drunk)
in the tank (secretly helping someone)
go down the tank (fail completely)
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