Related Clues:

• Dropped, as in the polls
• Dropped to the bottom of the lake
• Headed for home, perhaps
• Used a firehouse pole, e.g.
• Lacked traction
• Dropped sharply
• Didn't have traction
• Went down like a cement block
• Slithered
• Approached the plate
• Lost seaworthiness
• Skidded
• Made like the Titanic
• What the Lusitania did
• Brought to ruin