| miss(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| miss the boat(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| play into(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, fall) |
| run aground(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| slip(verb, decline, fall, fail, bomb) |
| succumb(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| turn out badly(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| be beaten(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall) |
| be conquered |
| be humbled(verb, drop, decline, fall, succumb) |
| be outdistanced(verb, drop, decline, fall, succumb) |
| be sunk(verb, drop, decline, fall, succumb) |
| be taken to cleaners(verb, drop, decline, fall, succumb) |
| be the loser(verb, drop, decline, fall, succumb) |
| be worsted(verb, drop, decline, fall, succumb) |
| capitulate |
| cave in(verb, expression, drop, fall, fail) |
| come up short(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline) |
| crumple(verb, drop, fall, fail, lose) |
| decrease(verb, drop, fall, fail, lose) |