4
lose(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall)
3
decline(verb, drop, fall, fail, slip)
3
flop(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
3
flounder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
3
miscarry(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
abort(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
back wrong horse(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall)
2
backslide(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
be demoted(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
be found lacking(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
be in vain(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
be ruined(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
be unsuccessful(verb, decline, fall, slip, bomb)
2
blunder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
break down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, fall)
2
collapse(verb, drop, fall, fail, lose)
2
come to naught(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall)
2
come to nothing(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall)
2
crash(verb, drop, fall, sink, bomb)
2
deteriorate(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
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