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fail
verb as in be unsuccessful
Strongest matches
Strong matches
abort, backslide, blunder, deteriorate, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, miscarry, miss, slip
Weak matches
back wrong horse, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, come to naught, come to nothing, fall flat, fall short, fall through, go astray, go down, go down swinging, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, miss the boat, play into, run aground, turn out badly
verb as in abandon, forsake
verb as in lose money
Example Sentences
Donald Trump’s appointments are a stark reminder of how easily history can repeat itself when we fail to confront it.
He’ll invariably overreach, and fail.
Nearly one in three people doing a T-level in health and science drop out in their first year, while a third of those on legal, finance and accounting courses fail to finish.
"If we fail to deliver on President Trump’s priorities, we will lose" the support of the coalition that elected him for a second term,Thune wrote in a Fox News op-ed.
A lot of states don’t have these “fail safes in the system to protect voters and ensure that we have a minimal amount of disenfranchisement,” Alexander said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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