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misfire(verb, fail, founder, backfire)
2
miss an opportunity(verb, expression, idiom, forego)
2
miss the mark(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall)
2
play into(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
run aground(expression, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
slip(decline, fall, fail, confuse, overlook)
2
strike
2
turn out badly(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail)
1
addle(verb, fail, slip, confuse, overlook)
1
be behindhand
1
be late
1
be off the mark(verb, fail, slip, confuse, overlook)
1
be overdue
1
be wrong(verb, fail, slip, confuse, overlook)
1
best bet(expression, idiom, chance, possibility)
1
blow the chance(expression, idiom)
1
botch(verb, fail, confuse, overlook, misconstrue)
1
bungle(verb, fail, confuse, overlook, misconstrue)
1
chance would be a fine thing(expression, idiom, chance, possibility)
1
confound(verb, fail, slip, confuse, overlook)
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