| cast away(expression, adjective, witting, helpless, abandoned) |
| come to naught(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| come to nothing(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| decline(verb, fall, fail, slip, bomb) |
| deteriorate(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| fall(verb, decline, fail, slip, bomb) |
| fall flat(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| fall short(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| fall through(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, fall) |
| fizzle(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| flop(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| flounder(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| fold(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| go astray(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| go down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, fall) |
| go down swinging(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| go downhill(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| go up in smoke(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| go wrong(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| hit bottom(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |