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S: (v) fail (fail%2:41:02::), neglect (neglect%2:41:00::) (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"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:41:00::), go wrong (go_wrong%2:41:00::), miscarry (miscarry%2:41:00::) (be unsuccessful) "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:37:00::), betray (betray%2:37:00::) (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"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:30:00::), go bad (go_bad%2:30:01::), give way (give_way%2:30:00::), die (die%2:30:04::), give out (give_out%2:30:00::), conk out (conk_out%2:30:00::), go (go%2:30:03::), break (break%2:30:05::), break down (break_down%2:30:00::) (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"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:41:08::) (be unable) "I fail to understand your motives"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:41:07::) (judge unacceptable) "The teacher failed six students"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:41:01::), flunk (flunk%2:41:00::), bomb (bomb%2:41:00::), flush it (flush_it%2:41:00::) (fail to get a passing grade) "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:41:12::) (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"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:40:00::) (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"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:30:07::), run out (run_out%2:30:02::), give out (give_out%2:30:03::) (prove insufficient) "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:30:04::) (get worse) "Her health is declining"