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drop(noun, verb, hold, cover, decline)
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flutter(noun, verb, move, beat, collapse)
11
misfire(noun, verb, trip, fail, slip)
10
debacle(noun, trouble, ruin, failure, crash)
10
droop(verb, hold, drop, cover, decline)
10
flounder(verb, decline, trip, fall, fail)
9
sag(noun, verb, hold, drop, fall)
9
stumble(noun, verb, drop, decline, trip)
8
fall heavily
8
fall short(verb, expression, idiom, decline, trip)
8
fold(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
8
hang(verb, drop, decline, collapse, swing)
8
quiver(noun, verb, beat, collapse, agitation)
8
wave(verb, move, hold, cover, beat)
7
crash(noun, verb, phrasal verb, drop, decline)
7
also-ran(noun, person, beat, failure, inferior)
7
dangle(verb, hold, drop, cover, decline)
7
miscarriage(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse)
7
plump(noun, verb, drop, decline, release)
7
retire(verb, rest, relax, awareness, languish)
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