tail‧spin /ˈteɪlˌspɪn/
noun [countable usually singular]1. in/into a tailspin in 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.2. when a plane falls through the air, with the front pointing downwards and the back spinning in a circle
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