| be unsuccessful(verb, decline, fall, slip, bomb) |
| fall(verb, drop, decline, fail, slip) |
| flop(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| fold(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| go down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, fall) |
| lose(verb, decline, fall, succumb) |
| miss(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| succumb(verb, drop, decline, fall, yield) |
| abort(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| back wrong horse(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| backslide(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| be defeated(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| 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) |
| blunder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| bomb(verb, fall, flop, nose-dive, miscarry) |
| break down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, fall) |
| come to naught(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |