| fail | | |
| fail, neglect | (v.) | fail to do something; leave something undone.; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" |
| fail, go wrong, miscarry | (v.) | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| betray, fail | (v.) | disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake.; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis" |
| break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | (v.) | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| fail | (v.) | be unable.; "I fail to understand your motives" |
| fail | (v.) | judge unacceptable.; "The teacher failed six students" |
| bomb, fail, flunk, flush it | (v.) | fail to get a passing grade.; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" |
| fail | (v.) | fall short in what is expected.; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust" |
| fail | (v.) | become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close.; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year" |
| fail, give out, run out | (v.) | prove insufficient.; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" |
| fail | (v.) | get worse.; "Her health is declining" |
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