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Sense: Verb: be unsuccessful
Synonyms:
be unsuccessful, bomb Collocations , flop Collocations , founder Collocations, miss Collocations, strike out , tank Collocations , come to nothing, come to naught, come to nought , not make it , not pass, fall through, wash out, flounder Collocations, go wrong, fall flat, go amiss, be deficient, be inadequate, not come off , not measure up, go under, run aground, turn out badly
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Sense: Verb: stop working
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break down, break Collocations, stop Collocations, cut out, stall Collocations, malfunction, die Collocations, crash Collocations, give out , conk out , be on the blink , go down
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pass Collocations
Sense: Verb: disappoint others
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disappoint Collocations, let down, not live up to expectations, not pass muster, be an anticlimax, be an anti-climax, be anticlimactic, be anti-climactic
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Sense: Verb: deteriorate
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deteriorate, decline Collocations, worsen Collocations, sink Collocations, slump Collocations, fade Collocations, falter Collocations, peter out , fizzle out , fall off, go downhill, go down the tubes , fall by the wayside, go to the dogs , go into a decline
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thrive Collocations, prosper, flourish Collocations, rally Collocations, rebound Collocations, recuperate, recover Collocations
Sense: Verb: become insolvent
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become insolvent, go bankrupt, go out of business, go under, fold Collocations, go to the wall , crash Collocations, be ruined, go belly up
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Sense: Verb: not pass an exam or test
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not pass, flunk , not make the grade, not come up to scratch , do badly on, do badly in, do poorly on, do poorly in
Sense: Verb: neglect - followed by 'to'
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Sense: Noun: failure - slang
Synonyms:
failure Collocations, disaster Collocations, flop Collocations , letdown, miss Collocations, bomb Collocations , bust Collocations, dud , washout, debacle, lemon Collocations , turkey Collocations