Usually means: Intentionally lose for personal gain.
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  1. take a dive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. take a dive: Vocabulary.com
  3. take a dive: Wiktionary
  4. take a dive: Dictionary.com
  5. take a dive: Rhymezone
  6. take a dive: FreeDictionary.org
  7. take a dive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. take a dive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. take a dive: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take a dive: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Definitions from Wiktionary (take a dive)

verb:  To decline rapidly.
verb:  (idiomatic, boxing) To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally.
verb:  (idiomatic) To lose or fail intentionally.

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