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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
She said he had been failed, and hoped the FAI would help her understand what happened.
And once again, the Phillies had failed to completely cash in on a scoring chance — leaving the Dodgers one win away from advancing to the NL Championship Series.
The Senate on Monday failed for a fifth time to pass spending measures reopening the government.
That same month he posted photos of the wreckage a skydiving plane he was on saying the plane's engine had failed after take off.
Her family moved to London in the mid-1950s and, having failed to get the qualifications necessary to go to university, she embarked on a career as a journalist.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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