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- (of a ship, boat, or other watercraft) To slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- (of a ship, boat, or other watercraft) To slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.
- (idiomatic, by extension) To be in an increasingly difficult or risky situation; to falter or begin to fail.
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