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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tailspin/ˈteɪlspɪn/

▶noun

1 a spin by an aircraft.

2 a state of rapidly increasing chaos or panic.

▶verb (tailspins, tailspinning; past and past part. tailspun) become out of control.

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