fails

Strongest matches

• break down
• decline
• fall

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

Strongest matches

• ignore
• neglect

Strong matches

• abort
• blink
• desert
• disappoint
• discount
• disregard
• fault
• forget
• funk
• miscarry
• omit
• overlook
• slight
• slip

Weak matches

• back out
• break one's word
• go astray
• let down
• overpass

Strongest matches

• break
• close
• drop
• end
• finish

Strong matches

• crash
• defalcate
• default
• dishonor
• fold
• overdraw
• repudiate
• terminate

Weak matches

• be cleaned out
• be in arrears
• be ruined
• be taken to the cleaners
• become insolvent
• close down
• close one's doors
• drop a bundle
• go bankrupt
• go belly up
• go broke
• go bust
• go into Chapter 11
• go out of business
• go to the wall
• go under
• go up
• lose big
• lose one's shirt