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Exact Match:

fail

get worse; "Her health is declining"

stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"

become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"

fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"

fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"

judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"

be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"

be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"

Synonyms:

• abandon,
• abort,
• age,
• bankrupt,
• be a gas,
• be a hit,
• be caught napping,
• be found wanting,
• be inferior,
• be insufficient,
• be neglectful,
• be negligent,
• be ruined,
• be unfaithful,
• be unsuccessful,
• become insolvent,
• bill,
• bomb,
• break,
• break faith,
• bust,
• cave in,
• cheat the undertaker,
• close down,
• close up,
• collapse,
• come apart,
• come short,
• come to grief,
• come unstuck,
• conk out,
• crash,
• crumble,
• decay,
• decline,
• decrease,
• default,
• deplete,
• desert,
• deteriorate,
• die,
• diminish,
• disappear,
• disappoint,
• disintegrate,
• disregard,
• dodder,
• drain,
• dramatize,
• droop,
• drop,
• dwindle,
• ebb,
• exhaust,
• fade,
• fail of,
• fail of success,
• faint,
• fall,
• fall away,
• fall flat,
• fall off,
• fall short,
• fall shy,
• fall through,
• falter,
• feature,
• fizzle out,
• flag,
• flop,
• flunk,
• flunk out,
• fold,
• fold up,
• follow,
• forsake,
• founder,
• get along,
• get on,
• give out,
• give way,
• gloss over,
• go back on,
• go bankrupt,
• go broke,
• go down,
• go downhill,
• go into receivership,
• go off,
• go out,
• go soft,
• go to pieces,
• go to pot,
• go to ruin,
• go under,
• go up,
• go wrong,
• grow old,
• gutter,
• have nothing on,
• headline,
• hit a slump,
• hit rock bottom,
• hit the skids,
• ignore,
• impoverish,
• jade,
• kick the beam,
• labor in vain,
• lack,
• lag,
• languish,
• lapse,
• leave undone,
• lessen,
• let down,
• let go,
• let ride,
• let slide,
• let slip,
• lose,
• lose ground,
• lose sight of,
• lose strength,
• lose track of,
• make a hit,
• melodramatize,
• miscarry,
• misfire,
• miss,
• mount,
• neglect,
• nod,
• not answer,
• not approach,
• not care for,
• not come near,
• not come off,
• not compare,
• not get involved,
• not hack it,
• not heed,
• not make it,
• not make out,
• not measure up,
• not pass,
• not qualify,
• not stretch,
• not suffice,
• not think,
• not work,
• open,
• open a show,
• overlook,
• pass over,
• pass the buck,
• peak,
• peg out,
• peter out,
• pine,
• play second fiddle,
• poop out,
• premiere,
• present,
• preview,
• produce,
• put on,
• rank under,
• reach the depths,
• run aground,
• run down,
• run out,
• run short,
• scenarize,
• serve,
• set the stage,
• shake,
• shift the blame,
• shift the responsibility,
• short,
• shrink,
• shrivel,
• shut down,
• sink,
• sleep,
• slide,
• slight,
• slip,
• slump,
• spin,
• stage,
• star,
• stop short,
• subserve,
• subside,
• succeed,
• take for granted,
• theatricalize,
• totter,
• touch bottom,
• try out,
• turn gray,
• turn white,
• wane,
• want,
• wash out,
• waste,
• waste away,
• weaken,
• wear away,
• wear thin,
• wilt,
• wither,
• wither away,
• wizen,
• worsen,
• wrinkle,
• yield