tank // noun, verb

■ noun [C]

THINK TANK

1

a large container for holding liquid or gas

2

the contents of a tank or the amount it will hold

IDIOMS

in the tank (AmE) (Finance , informal)

(about the price of shares, bonds, etc.) falling quickly:

Technology stocks are doing well, but everything else is in the tank.

■ verb [no obj] (AmE)

(Finance , informal)

(about prices) to fall quickly:

The company's shares tanked on Wall Street to a new low.

◆ (figurative) If any more people were fired, the team's morale would tank.

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