| flounder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| fold(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| founder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| go astray(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| go down(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| go down swinging(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| go downhill(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| go up in smoke(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| go wrong(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| hit bottom(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| hit the skids(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| lose control(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| lose out(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| lose status(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| meet with disaster(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| miscarry(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| miss(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| miss the boat(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| play into(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| run aground(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |