"dead in the water" meaning in All languages combined

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        "(nautical) Stationary with respect to the current, having no means of propulsion."
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          "text": "I'm afraid we have to inform the Prime Minister that Operation Undertow is dead in the water.",
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          "ref": "2004, Aline Brosh McKenna, Robert Harling, Laws of Attraction, spoken by Audrey Woods (Julianne Moore):",
          "text": "Each case I handle convinces me further that marriage is dead in the water.",
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          "ref": "2021 June 16, Adam Morton, quoting Jacqui Lambie, “‘Dead in the water’: key crossbenchers reject Coalition demand to back new environment standards”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Lambie said the crossbench had been clear it also wanted a better approvals process in place before the end of the year, but the minister’s reforms would be “dead in the water if she doesn’t tighten up the standards”.",
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        "(figurative) Doomed; unable to succeed."
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