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go into a tailspin
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Lose emotional control, collapse, panic. For example, If she fails the bar exam again, she's sure to go into a tailspin . This expression alludes to the downward movement of an airplane out of control, in which the tail describes a spiral. [Early 1900s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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