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a mental or nervous collapse
  • the pressures of his job nearly caused him to go into a tailspin

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The first known use of tailspin was in 1917

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tails (off)

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“Tailspin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailspin. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.

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