Sentence examples for took a diving from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Take a dive.

(USA) To intentionally fail in competition, to throw a game.

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This time it was the other Argentinian winger, Gonzalao Camacho, now a man of Devon with Exeter, and It took a diving one-handed catch to even put him in with a chance.

Johnson then took a diving one-handed catch running backwards to break South Africa's one meaningful partnership, JP Duminy (25) falling to spinner Nathan Lyon after putting on 67 with AB de Villiers.

Then the Indian captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni took a diving catch to remove Soumya Sarkar for 29 to effectively end any hopes of a Bangladesh upset.

Hassett took a diving catch in the first innings and scored 37 in an innings win.

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Do you think Suárez took a dive?

"Yeah, it took a dive," Mr. Cohen said.

Sales took a dive after a welter of bad publicity.

"I took a dive at it," Rodriguez said.

Whenever they sang lead, the show took a dive.

Then butter took a dive, and the sauce went underground.

Everything changed when the Dow took a dive.

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