auger in
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]auger + in: the plane is metaphorically drilling into the ground.
Verb
[edit]auger in (third-person singular simple present augers in, present participle augering in, simple past and past participle augered in)
- (military, aviation, euphemistic) To crash catastrophically into the ground.
- The pilot lost pitch control and the jet augered in.