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plummet to earth

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plummet to earth
to fall rapidly to earth from a great height. The rocket plummeted to earth and exploded as it struck. As the plane plummeted to earth, all the people on the ground were screaming.
See also: earth, plummet


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The breakthrough didn't come as perhaps it's supposed to, and I haven't done anything really grown up, like buying a Black and Decker Workmate or subscribing to the Economist, it was just that, after seeing yet another speculative pounds 20 note plummet to earth in the wake of a lumbering handicap steeplechaser, I realised I'd been punting for 38 years and I was still doing my conkers on a weekly basis while my three-year-old wandered round in rags and stole food from neighbours' dustbins.
It will plummet to Earth at up to 15,200mph after being launched from the International Space Station in November.
After the soaring heights of defeating England last month, Sanchez believes his side will plummet to earth with an agonising bump if they surrender their minds to the new-found euphoria and adulation.
 
 
 
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