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come back(return, rebound)
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come home to roost(idiom, return, rebound, boomerang)
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come to naught(idiom, fail, founder)
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count against
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double take(feeling, return, response)
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explosive cartridge
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fizz out(verb, fail, collapse, fold)
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fizzle out(verb, fail, collapse, fold)
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give forth(verb, excited, blaze, explode)
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glance off(recoil, rebound, boomerang, resile)
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go astray(fail, founder)
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go down(fail, founder)
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go downhill(fail, founder)
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go up in smoke(idiom, fail, collapse, fold)
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have funny feeling(idiom, act, proceed, counter)
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heat up(verb, excited, blaze, explode)
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hit bottom(fail, founder)
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hit the skids(idiom, fail, founder)
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hostile response(reaction, repercussion)
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jerk up and down(idiom, boomerang, resile)
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