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fail v.
miscarry v.

VERB

fail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break down decline fall

STRONG

abort backslide blunder deteriorate fizzle flop flounder fold founder miscarry miss slip

WEAK

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 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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ascend go up rise

STRONG

accomplish achieve build correct develop do well succeed

WEAK

capture complete deliver earn finish gain merit obtain procure prosper reach win

VERB

miscarry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abort fall through

STRONG

backslide blunder decline deteriorate fall fizzle flop flounder fold founder misfire miss

WEAK

back wrong horse be defeated be demoted be found lacking be in vain be ruined break down come to naught come to nothing fall flat fall short go astray go down go downhill go up in smoke go wrong hit bottom hit the skids lose control lose out lose status meet with disaster miss fire miss the boat miss the mark play into run aground turn out badly

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplish achieve ascend build correct develop do well go up improve rise succeed

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go down swinging

The Capitals have vowed to go down swinging until it is mathematically no longer possible to make the playoffs — and after a painful 2-1 loss in a shootout, they’re almost to that point.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023

Halting a Grand Slam charge in Dublin is a big ask for 20-year-old Arundell, but there are high hopes for the London Irish back whose selection suggests underdogs England will go down swinging.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2023

His faith may be doomed — the three letters of his name are literally an epitaph — but he will go down swinging.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

But she is ready to go down swinging.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2022

It’d be the world’s shortest fight, but at least I’d go down swinging.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

go down swinging

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