4
miscarry(verb, decline, fall, fail, collapse)
3
misfire(verb, fail, collapse, disappear, wane)
3
miss(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
blunder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
fall short(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail)
2
fizzle(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
2
go amiss(expression, fail, founder, backfire)
2
go astray(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail)
2
miss fire(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail)
2
miss the boat(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall)
2
slip(verb, decline, fall, fail, bomb)
1
abort(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
1
back wrong horse(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall)
1
backslide(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
1
be defeated(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
1
be demoted(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
1
be found lacking(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
1
be in vain(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
1
be ruined(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip)
1
break down(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail)
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