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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of submarine.

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Examples

  • When "submarined" crews are rescued the sailors willingly give up their comfortable berths and do everything else in their power to make the shipwrecked mariners comfortable.

    Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914

  • Arenas submarined his franchise with that whole gun thing.

    Portis says he and Arenas just need to win Dan Steinberg 2010

  • They powered up the face of one wave, throttled back at the top, surfed down the face of the next wave, and submarined into the next wave.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • They powered up the face of one wave, throttled back at the top, surfed down the face of the next wave, and submarined into the next wave.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • I hope Joe Lieberman gets submarined next election ..... old goot. peggy from Virginia

    Senate Democrat fuming at Lieberman 2009

  • They powered up the face of one wave, throttled back at the top, surfed down the face of the next wave, and submarined into the next wave.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • They powered up the face of one wave, throttled back at the top, surfed down the face of the next wave, and submarined into the next wave.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Arm issues and subsequent Tommy John surgery submarined most of the next three years.

    Charlie Hustle 'n' Flow? Hoyas ballplayer records hip-hop tunes Dan Steinberg 2010

  • With 1 or 2 other pickups likely (NH for one) we virtually eliminate the Gang of 3″ that submarined a better stimulus bill. low-tech cyclist Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Sebelius Closing in on HHS 2009

  • Software companies now must file defensive patents just to make sure that they are not later submarined by useless patents originating with patent attorneys themselves or at failed software companies.

    Paul Kedrosky: Software Patents Need to Be Abolished 2010

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