How did "tanked" get its slang meaning of "failed" or "did poorly"?

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I found this at dictionary.com QUOTE... Slang To suffer a sudden decline or failure: “Steady investors . . . kept their heads when the stock market tanked in October 1987” (Burton G. Malkiel, A Random Walk Down Wall Street 1990). UNQUOTE Jul 08 03, 3:28 AM

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