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auger in

auger in verb: to crash catastrophically into the ground.

Verb

auger in (third-person singular simple present augers in, present participle augering in, simple past and past participle augered in)

  1. (euphemistic) To crash catastrophically into the ground.
    • The pilot lost pitch control and the jet augered in.

Forms of auger in

third-person singular presentaugers in
present participleaugering in
past participleaugered in
pastaugered in

Origin of auger in

From auger + in, since the plane is metaphorically drilling into the ground.

Questions about auger in

What does auger in mean?
Auger in means to crash catastrophically into the ground.
What part of speech is auger in?
Auger in is a verb.
What is the past tense of auger in?
The past tense of auger in is augered in.

Words near auger in in the dictionary

  1. auger
  2. Auger effect
  3. Auger electron
  4. Auger electron spectroscopy
  5. Auger electrons
  6. auger in
  7. Auger shower
  8. Auger showers
  9. auger-fish
  10. Auger-Meitner effect
  11. augered

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