2
enfeeble(harm, hinder, spoil, weaken, blunt)
2
enlarge(verb, worsen, intensify, heighten)
2
evaporate(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce)
2
exasperate(verb, decline, degenerate, worsen, rub)
2
fall apart(verb, expression, decline, weaken, degenerate)
2
fall back(verb, expression, decline, decrease, lessen)
2
fall flat(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail)
2
fall short(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail)
2
fall through(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail)
2
fester(verb, decay, rot, decompose, molder)
2
fizzle out(verb, expression, stop, break, end)
2
flounder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
fold(verb, decline, fall, fail, diminish)
2
foul
2
founder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
go astray(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail)
2
go down swinging(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail)
2
go off(verb, expression, decay, taint, disintegrate)
2
go to pieces(verb, expression, idiom, break, beat)
2
go up in smoke(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail)
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