| misfire(verb, fail, founder, backfire) |
| miss an opportunity(verb, expression, idiom, forego) |
| miss the mark(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| play into(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| run aground(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| slip(decline, fall, fail, confuse, overlook) |
| strike |
| turn out badly(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| addle(verb, fail, slip, confuse, overlook) |
| be behindhand |
| be late |
| be off the mark(verb, fail, slip, confuse, overlook) |
| be overdue |
| be wrong(verb, fail, slip, confuse, overlook) |
| best bet(expression, idiom, chance, possibility) |
| blow the chance(expression, idiom) |
| botch(verb, fail, confuse, overlook, misconstrue) |
| bungle(verb, fail, confuse, overlook, misconstrue) |
| chance would be a fine thing(expression, idiom, chance, possibility) |
| confound(verb, fail, slip, confuse, overlook) |