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106 entries under expression topic. ×
| jump back(withdraw, return, retreat, recoil) | |
| lose control(fail, founder) | |
| lose out(fail, founder) | |
| lose status(fail, founder) | |
| make noise | |
| meet with disaster(idiom, fail, founder) | |
| miss fire(fail, founder) | |
| miss the boat(idiom, fail, founder) | |
| miss the mark(idiom, fail, founder) | |
| move back(withdraw, retreat, react) | |
| not come off(idiom, fail, miscarry) | |
| not go as planned(verb, idiom, miscarry, boomerang) | |
| peter out(verb, fail, collapse, fold) | |
| play into(fail, founder) | |
| poop out(verb, fail, collapse, fold) | |
| pour forth(verb, excited, blaze, explode) | |
| run aground(fail, founder) | |
| see red(verb, excited, blaze, explode) | |
| set fire | |
| shrink back(withdraw, retreat, react) |
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