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Definition of Take a dive
1. Verb. Pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer.
Definition of Take a dive
1. Verb. (idiomatic boxing) To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To lose or fail intentionally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take A Dive
Literary usage of Take a dive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1907)
"... angered that his offer should be so flatly refused, "and besides you like to
take a dive into the snowdrifts now and then; so dive ahead, I don't care. ..."
2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1847)
"Hand that over to me," said the captain, a little authoritatively, " and take a
dive for the next." As the boatswain was obeying this order, ..."
3. Works by James Fenimore Cooper (1892)
""Hand that over to me," said the captain, a little authoritatively, "and take a
dive for the next." As the boatswain was obeying this order, ..."
4. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... -puku diver's suit, submarine armo(u)r, diving-dress. sukeltaa dive, take a
dive: submerge; ..."
5. Routledge's Every Boy's Annual by Edmund Routledge (1869)
"... sexton') o' yourn, or take a dive into Davy Jones's locker.' The crestfallen
skipper preferred the former course, and, on their freeing his arms, ..."
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