| v. |
| [1] |
fall (down/in/apart)
,
crumple
,
cave in
,
deflate
,
crumble
,
tumble down
,
break down
,
go
|
| [2] |
fail
,
(come to an) end
,
fall through
,
peter out
,
disintegrate
,
dissolve
,
fall flat
,
founder
,
come to naught/nought
,
break up/down
,
decline
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
evaporate
,
go up in smoke
,
go bankrupt
,
go under
,
(Brit) go to the wall
,
(Colloq) fizzle out
|
| [3] |
pass out
,
faint
,
drop
,
(Colloq) keel over
,
(Old-fashioned/Literary) swoon
|
| [4] |
break down (mentally)
,
have a (nervous) breakdown
,
go to pieces
,
come/fall apart
,
(Colloq) crack up
,
(US) crack
|
| [5] |
fall in
,
cave in
,
give
,
give way
,
break
,
founder
|
| [6] |
break down
|
| [7] |
crumble
,
crumple
,
tumble
,
break down
|
| [8] |
burst
|
| [9] |
crack up
,
crack
,
crock up
,
break up
|
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