From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin/into a tailspinin/into a tailspinin or into a bad situation that keeps getting worse in a way that you cannot control Raising interest rates could send the economy into a tailspin. → tailspin
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in/into a tailspin• Raising interest rates could send the economy into a tailspin.• But I don't go into a tailspin over it.• Lenny's career went into a tailspin when he decided personality mattered more than material.• The economy went into a tailspin.• Its shares went into a tailspin. 