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be late for(verb, drop, disregard, trip, fall)
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be reduced(verb, drop, fail, waste, surrender)
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become poorer(verb, expression, drop, fail, waste)
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become smaller(verb, expression, reduce, diminish, contract)
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blow(verb, drop, disregard, trip, fall)
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bomb(verb, fall, fail, collapse, fold)
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botch(verb, drop, disregard, trip, fall)
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capitulate(verb, drop, fail, waste, surrender)
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close(verb, reduce, fall, fail, bomb)
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collapse
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compress(verb, reduce, diminish, contract, narrow)
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concentrate(verb, reduce, diminish, contract, narrow)
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constrict(verb, reduce, diminish, contract, narrow)
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consume(verb, drop, fail, waste, surrender)
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contract(verb, reduce, diminish, narrow, shrink)
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decrease(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, lessen)
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deflate(verb, reduce, diminish, contract, narrow)
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deplete(verb, drop, fail, waste, surrender)
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depress(verb, fail, abandon, sadden, disappoint)
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die away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reduce)
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