All hit the dirt synonyms

verb hit the dirt

• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
• crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• tumble — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
• dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
• ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• slump — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
• stumble — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
• settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
• plummet — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• go down — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
• dive — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
• depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
• land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
• oust — to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• unseat — to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
• overturn — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
• sag — to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• spill — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
• descend — If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
• skid — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
• keel — a red ocher stain used for marking sheep, lumber, etc.; ruddle.
• flatten — to make flat.
• jumble — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
• floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
• disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
• roll — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
• disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
• slope — to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
• ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• lessen — to become less.
• pitch — to smear or cover with pitch.
• trip — a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock.
• droop — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
• buckle — A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
• subside — to sink to a low or lower level.
• backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
• totter — to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness.
• topple — to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
• gravitate — to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.
• trail — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.