- in the tank
- in jail, in prison, in the slammer
While he was in the tank, he studied science and history.
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The Tank in Attack — (also known as Tank Attacks or Panzer greift an in German) is an unfinished book on armoured tactics and warfare by Erwin Rommel. It was to be the follow up and companion work to his earlier and highly successful Infantry Attacks .It is believed… … Wikipedia
in the tank — or into the tank phrasal in or into a decline or slump < the sullen student s grades went into the tank > … New Collegiate Dictionary
into the tank — phrasal see in the tank … New Collegiate Dictionary
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