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[1] |
not succeed
,
neglect
,
be unsuccessful
,
miss
,
miscarry
,
misfire
,
fall short (of)
,
fall flat
,
fall through
,
falter
,
be (found) lacking/wanting
,
be defective
,
be deficient
,
be/prove inadequate
,
come to grief/naught/nothing
,
go wrong
,
abort
,
meet with disaster
,
founder
,
run aground
,
(Colloq) flop
,
fizzle (out)
,
go up in smoke
,
flunk
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[2] |
let down
,
go wrong
,
miscarry
,
disappoint
,
forsake
,
desert
,
abandon
,
neglect
,
ignore
,
slight
|
[3] |
decline
,
betray
,
peter out
,
dwindle
,
diminish
,
wane
,
deteriorate
,
weaken
,
decay
,
fade/die (out/away)
,
disappear
,
flag
,
ebb
,
sink
,
languish
,
give out
,
gutter
,
go out
|
[4] |
go bankrupt
,
go bad
,
give way
,
go out of business
,
go under
,
die
,
give out
,
go into receivership
,
become insolvent
,
conk out
,
go
,
close up shop
,
close up/down
,
break
,
break down
,
cease operation(s)
,
(Brit) go to the wall
,
(US) file for Chapter Eleven
,
(Colloq) fold (up)
,
go bust/broke
,
(US) drown in red ink
|
[5] |
flunk
,
bomb
,
flush it
|
[6] |
run out
,
give out
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