sink like a stone

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Verb

sink like a stone (third-person singular simple present sinks like a stone, present participle sinking like a stone, simple past sank like a stone, past participle sunk like a stone)

  1. (simile) To sink immediately, with no chance of floating.
  2. (figurative, simile) To completely fail.
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