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tanking

verb , present participle of tank

Synonyms and Antonyms of tanking

to be unsuccessful

her intended comeback movie tanked at the box office, and once again she was relegated to TV guest spots

Synonyms of tanking

bombing, collapsing, cratering, failing, flaming out, flopping, flunking, folding, foundering, missing, striking out, washing out

Words Related to tanking

floundering, struggling

declining, sinking, skidding, slipping, slumping, waning

crashing, crumbling, miscarrying, misfiring

imploding, self-destructing

Phrases Synonymous with tanking

coming a cropper, coming to grief, coming up empty, dying on the vine, falling flat, falling on one's face, falling short, laying an egg

Near Antonyms of tanking

cooking, flourishing, prospering, thriving

prevailing, triumphing, winning

Antonyms of tanking

clicking, coming off, delivering, going, going over, panning out, succeeding, working out

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