| offend(verb, fall, fail, lapse, stumble) |
| ramble(verb, drift, deviate, roam, digress) |
| slip up(verb, expression, fall, stumble, stray) |
| back wrong horse(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| be defeated(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be demoted(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be found lacking(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be in vain(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be ruined(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be unsuccessful(verb, decline, fall, slip, bomb) |
| be wrong |
| blunder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| break down(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| come to naught(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| come to nothing(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| decline(verb, fall, fail, slip, bomb) |
| depart(verb, chatter, wander, babble, veer) |
| deteriorate(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| digress(verb, chatter, wander, babble, veer) |
| divagate(verb, chatter, wander, babble, meander) |