taking on water
Hull breach happening
Taking on water describes a vessel filling with water through a leak or breach, creating danger of sinking: The ship was taking on water fast.
Figuratively, it describes any enterprise in serious trouble—a campaign, company, or project showing signs of imminent failure: After the scandal, his candidacy was taking on water.
- sinkingFalling through water
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
- flounderingStruggling clumsily, failing
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
pumping · jeopardized · sealing · bilging · destabilized · compromised · failing · flow · deteriorating · seepage · submersion · collapsing · hull breach · below the waterline · scuttled · going down · abandon ship · saturation
- Maritime Disastersshipwreck, sinking, capsizing, foundering, drowning
taking on waterwatertight
Prevents liquid from passing
seaworthy · shipshape · leak-proof · afloat · bailing out
taking on watersmooth sailing
Untroubled progress forward
thriving · flourishing · going strong · on solid ground · unsinkable
take, taking, takes, taken, taker, water, waters, watered, watering