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run aground

Main Entry:
fail [feyl]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be unsuccessful
Synonyms: abort, back wrong horse, backslide, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat, fall short, fall through, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, go astray, go down swinging, go down, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, miscarry, miss, miss the boat, play into, run aground, slip, turn out badly
Antonyms: accomplish, achieve, earn, gain, merit, obtain, prosper, reach, succeed, win
Main Entry: wreck
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ruin, destroy
Synonyms: bash, batter, beach, break, capsize, crack up, crash, cripple, dash, decimate, demolish, devastate, dilapidate, disable, do in, efface, founder, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mess up*, pile up, put out of commission, ravage, raze, run aground, sabotage, scuttle, shatter, shipwreck, sink, smash, smash up, spoil, strand, subvert, take apart, take out, tear up, torpedo, total*, trash*, undermine, vandalize, wrack up, wrack
Notes: wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something
Antonyms: build, create, repair
Main Entry: come a cropper
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fail completely
Synonyms: be felled, fail heavily, fail miserably, run aground, suffer a misfortune, utterly fail
Main Entry: miscarry
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fail to attain goal
Synonyms: abort, back wrong horse, backslide, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat, fall short, fall through, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, go astray, go down swinging, go down, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, misfire, miss, miss fire, miss the boat, miss the mark, play into, run aground, slip*, turn out badly
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