Idiom
take a tumble
Meaning
To fall in price or value.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stock prices took a tumble after the bad news.”
“Investors panicked when the company's shares took a tumble following the failed product launch.”
“Following the unexpected announcement of the new trade tariffs, the market took a tumble as investors scrambled to liquidate their positions.”
Examples
simple
“Stock prices took a tumble after the bad news.”
contextual
“Investors panicked when the company's shares took a tumble following the failed product launch.”
complex
“Following the unexpected announcement of the new trade tariffs, the market took a tumble as investors scrambled to liquidate their positions.”
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