Hains Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Take A Dive For Fight
In boxing, 'take a dive' means losing on purpose. From time to time, people would say:
"The boxer took a dive for that fight."
I'm curous about 'for', which seems to suggest that 'the fight' was the reason for 'taking a dive'. Should it be corrected to:
"The boxer took a dive in that fight."
"The boxer took a dive for that fight."
I'm curous about 'for', which seems to suggest that 'the fight' was the reason for 'taking a dive'. Should it be corrected to:
"The boxer took a dive in that fight."
Top answer
Yes, 'in' is much better. This idiom seems rather old-fashioned to me.
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