Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take_a_dive

1 sense of take a dive

Sense 1
take a dive -- (pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer)
       => feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble -- (make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache")