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fail(drop, decline, disregard, trip)
11
miss(drop, decline, fall, fail)
7
come short
6
flop(decline, trip, fall, fail)
5
fall through(expression, phrasal verb, decline, fall)
5
fizzle(decline, fall, fail, slip)
5
miscarry(drop, decline, disregard, trip)
4
abort(decline, fall, fail, slip)
4
fall flat(expression, decline, fall, fail)
4
terminate(fall, bomb, scrap, flop)
4
wane(decline, reduce, diminish, decrease)
3
go wrong(expression, decline, fall, fail)
3
decline(fall, fail, diminish, decrease)
3
default(drop, fall, fail, waste)
3
fall(decline, trip, fail, diminish)
3
fall down(expression, phrasal verb, trip, slip)
3
misfire(drop, decline, disregard, trip)
3
shrink(decline, reduce, diminish, decrease)
2
back wrong horse(expression, idiom, decline, fall)
2
backslide(decline, fall, fail, slip)
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