| meet with disaster(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| misplace(verb, drop, disregard, trip, fall) |
| miss the boat(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| miss the mark(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| pass up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, disregard) |
| peter out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, fail) |
| play into(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, fall) |
| prove inadequate(verb, expression, fail) |
| run aground(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| slip(verb, drop, decline, disregard, trip) |
| turn out badly(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| want |
| waste away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reduce) |
| weaken(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| abate(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| atrophy(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| be careless(verb, drop, fail, waste, surrender) |
| be found wanting(expression, idiom) |
| be impoverished(verb, drop, fail, waste, surrender) |
| be inferior |