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What is another word for fail miserably?

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Verb
To disastrously or heavily fail, being felled or failing miserably
come a cropper
collapse
fail
flop
flounder
bite the dust
crash and burn
fall flat
go belly-up
go bust
go down in flames
go under
hit the skids
meet with disaster
fail heavily
run aground
utterly fail
be felled
come to grief
sink without trace
miscarry
strike out
go down like a lead balloon
bomb
miss the mark
miss
not succeed
disappoint
break down
flummox
fall through
go out of business
flatline
blow it
tank
wash out
go astray
be defeated
founder
lose
crater
be unsuccessful
bomb out
fizzle out
backfire
be in vain
not come up to scratch
fold
misfire
abort
lack success
come to naught
be frustrated
come to nothing
suffer defeat
flunk
flame out
go awry
go wrong
go up in smoke
fall short
fizzle
be ruined
go pear-shaped
boomerang
rebound
blunder
slip
go amiss
come unstuck
go phut
fall
recoil
turn out badly
go down
be abortive
go downhill
not work
be demoted
go to the wall
nosedive
be found lacking
miss the boat
wallow
miss the target
meet with failure
go on the rocks
come to a sticky end
come to a bad end
decline
deteriorate
hit bottom
lose status
play into
lose out
go down swinging
backslide
back wrong horse
lose control
miss fire
gang agley
do something badly
crash
come apart
close
lose money
bellyflop
be a disappointment
be a disaster
go adrift
go off course
unravel
go badly
be a failure
fall apart
go haywire
come apart at the seams
fail to go off
poop out
not come off
fizz out
peter out
yield
give
crumple
fall flat on your face
be found wanting
not pass
lay an egg
buckle
be rejected
underperform
hit rock bottom
blow up in someone's face
go by the board
go down the toilet
screw up
not pass muster
cave in
come unglued
fluff
not make the grade
fall by the wayside
be found deficient
not come up to the mark
underachieve
“How could the member be so callous as to propose a solution to the problem that has been proven to fail in the past and would fail miserably again?”
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failover
failovers
failproof
fails
failsafe
fail-safe
failing to work out
failing to win
failing to understand
failing to turn up for
failing to think of
failing to take proper care
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