Definitions from Wiktionary (take on water)
▸ verb: (of a ship, boat, or other watercraft) To slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, by extension) To be in an increasingly difficult or risky situation; to falter or begin to fail.
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▸ verb: (of a ship, boat, or other watercraft) To slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, by extension) To be in an increasingly difficult or risky situation; to falter or begin to fail.
Similar:
ship,
fall down,
take water,
well up,
fill away,
swim,
wash up,
ship a sea,
wash over,
make way,
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