| do wrong |
| drift(verb, chatter, wander, babble, deviate) |
| excurse(verb, chatter, wander, babble, meander) |
| fall flat(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| fall short(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| fall through(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| fizzle(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| flop(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| flounder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| fold(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| founder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| go amiss(verb, expression, fail, drift, deviate) |
| go down(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| go down swinging(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| go downhill(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| go up in smoke(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| hit bottom(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| hit the skids(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| lose control(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| lose out(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |