Meaning

1 senses

  1. (euphemistic)To crash catastrophically into the ground.

    The pilot lost pitch control and the jet augered in.

Origin

From auger + in, since the plane is metaphorically drilling into the ground.

From auger + in, since the plane is metaphorically drilling into the ground.

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Forms

augers in, augering in, augered in, augered in
Base formauger in · to auger in
3rd person singularaugers in
Present participleaugering in
Past simpleaugered in
Past participleaugered in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyauger in
he, she, itaugers in

Past simpleLesson

all personsaugered in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave augered in
he, she, ithas augered in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill auger in

Word family

3 related words
Relatedcrash landdeath spirallithobraking

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
auditoryaugeraughtaugment
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