| alter(verb, change, twist, deceive, misrepresent) |
| amplify(verb, worsen, intensify, heighten) |
| annoy(verb, decline, degenerate, worsen, rub) |
| back wrong horse(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| be defeated(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be demoted(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be found lacking(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be impaired(verb, get, decline, hurt, smart) |
| be in vain(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be ruined(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be unsuccessful(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| become contaminated(verb, expression, decline, weaken, lessen) |
| blunder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| break up(verb, expression, beat, decline, crush) |
| calm down(expression, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| cast |
| change(verb, return, twist, alter, deceive) |
| cheapen(verb, drop, cut, reduce, ruin) |
| check(verb, drop, quiet, cut, decline) |
| come to naught(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |