2
play into(verb, expression, decline, fall, slip)
2
run aground(verb, expression, decline, fall, slip)
2
slip(verb, decline, fall, fail, bomb)
2
turn out badly(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall)
1
be inadequate
1
be lacking
1
be wanting
1
labor in vain(expression, idiom)
1
lose
1
prove inadequate
0
be cleaned out(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive)
0
be defective
0
be deficient
0
be disappointing
0
be in arrears(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive)
0
be taken to the cleaners(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive)
0
become insolvent(verb, expression, fall, bomb, flop)
0
betray
0
bite the dust(expression, idiom, fail)
0
bomb(verb, fall, fail, flop, nose-dive)
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