"auger in" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: augers in [present, singular, third-person], augering in [participle, present], augered in [participle, past], augered in [past]
Etymology: auger + in: the plane is metaphorically drilling into the ground. Etymology templates: {{m|en|auger|}} auger, {{m|en|in}} in Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} auger in (third-person singular simple present augers in, present participle augering in, simple past and past participle augered in)
  1. (military, aviation, euphemistic) To crash catastrophically into the ground. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Aviation, Military Related terms: death spiral, lithobraking

Inflected forms

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