| wear thin |
| wither(verb, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, worsen) |
| worsen(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| yield |
| atrophied(verb, degenerate, deteriorate, crumble, decompose) |
| backfire(fail, founder) |
| be cleaned out(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive) |
| be in arrears(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive) |
| be taken to the cleaners(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive) |
| become insolvent(verb, expression, fall, bomb, flop) |
| become tainted(verb, expression, molder, curdled, putresce) |
| become useless(verb, expression, molder, curdled, putresce) |
| blighted |
| bomb(verb, fall, flop, nose-dive, miscarry) |
| breaking down(verb, expression, decline, molder, curdled) |
| close(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive) |
| close down(verb, expression, fall, bomb, flop) |
| crash(verb, fall, bomb, flop, nose-dive) |
| curdled(verb, lessen, degenerate, deteriorate, wane) |
| curdling(verb, lessen, degenerate, deteriorate, wane) |