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fall through collapse: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

fall flat collapse

fall in collapse: to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

break away collapse

fall to pieces collapse

putrefy collapse: become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies"

fizzle out collapse

bite the dust collapse

go to pieces collapse

topple collapse: cause to topple or tumble by pushing

decompose collapse: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts; break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"

transpire collapse: give off (water) through the skin; come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"; come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"; exude water vapor; "plants transpire"; pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas

fall short collapse: fail to meet (expectations or standards)

apostatize collapse: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

corrode collapse: become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"; cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

go wrong collapse

alight upon collapse

betide collapse

befall collapse: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"

suppurate collapse: cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"

crumble collapse: break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"; fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

light upon collapse

part company collapse

backslide collapse

recidivate collapse

come off collapse

run across collapse

devaluate collapse

fall from grace collapse: revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior; "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert"

fall out collapse: have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question"; leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation; "the soldiers fell out"

poop out collapse: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

slip back collapse

peter out collapse

come up against collapse

come upon collapse

capsize collapse: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

come to nothing collapse

play up to collapse

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