| grow less(verb, weakness, failure, expression) |
| lack success(verb, failure, unsuccess, expression) |
| leave(verb, stop, failure) |
| let down(verb, neglect, ignorance, abandoning, phrasal verb) |
| malfunction(verb, neglect, failure) |
| meet with disaster(verb, failure, unsuccess, expression) |
| miscarry(verb, failure, unsuccess) |
| miss the mark(verb, failure, unsuccess, expression) |
| not come to ripeness(verb, failure, shortage, insufficiency, unsuccess) |
| not come up to scratch(verb, failure, expression, unsuccess) |
| not make the grade(verb, failure, expression) |
| not pass(verb, failure, expression) |
| not pass muster(verb, failure, expression) |
| not succeed(verb, failure, unsuccess, expression) |
| pack up(verb, phrasal verb, neglect, failure) |
| peter out(verb, weakness, failure, expression) |
| play someone false(verb, neglect, ignorance, abandoning, expression) |
| play up(verb, phrasal verb, neglect, failure) |
| run aground(verb, failure, unsuccess, expression) |
| sink(verb, weakness, failure) |