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[SunsetBengal]

(02-25-2022, 08:00 PM)Whatever Wrote: If a movie, stock, etc., "tanked" it doesn't mean it failed deliberately, just that it failed.  I think people are getting hung up on a word that can be used a variety of different ways simply because it's been a buzzword with Flores recently in a different context.  I don't think Bates intentionally tried to sabotage the team, but he played poorly and did not put forth his efforts by his own admission.

Quote:tank
 verb

tanked; tanking; tanks
Definition of tank (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
1: to make no effort to win : lose intentionallytanked the match

2: to place, store, or treat in a tank

intransitive verb
1: to lose intentionally : give up in competition

2: to suffer rapid decline, failure, or collapsebought a stock that quickly tanked