- 1[intransitive] (of a company or a product) to fail completely The company's shares tanked on Wall Street.
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- 2[transitive, intransitive] tank (something) (sport) to lose a game, especially deliberately She was accused of tanking the match. Phrasal Verbstank up
tank
verbNAmE//tæŋk//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tank he / she / it tanks
past simple tanked
-ing form tanking
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