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To fail or not succeed
unravel
go wrong
fail
flop
miscarry
collapse
misfire
abort
crumble
fall through
fall flat
be unsuccessful
go awry
break down
not succeed
come to grief
come a cropper
go amiss
fall apart
go adrift
go off course
come apart at the seams
go to ruin
go up in smoke
come undone
not work
be a failure
come apart
fall to pieces
backfire
boomerang
rebound
flounder
bite the dust
go haywire
meet with disaster
come to nothing
be ruined
founder
come to naught
fizzle out
fold
be frustrated
bomb
miss the mark
go down like a lead balloon
fall short
fizzle
recoil
be in vain
go pear-shaped
go astray
lack success
run aground
miss
turn out badly
terminate
come to a halt
suffer defeat
go phut
end
tank
be defeated
blunder
flatline
end in tears
end in failure
come unstuck
go down the tube
crater
slip
be abortive
not come up to scratch
flunk
go belly-up
disappoint
redound on
not come off
be found lacking
flame out
strike out
wash out
wallow
fail to go off
poop out
fizz out
peter out
fail to happen
grind to a halt
not come up to expectations
not make the grade
fall down
meet with failure
go on the rocks
come to a sticky end
go to the wall
come to a bad end
backlash
ricochet
have an adverse effect
spring back
be counterproductive
not go as planned
be self-defeating
have unwelcome repercussions for
bounce back
cause one to be hoist with one's own petard
come back
decline
hit bottom
lose status
go down
deteriorate
fall
play into
lose out
go down swinging
backslide
go downhill
back wrong horse
lose control
miss fire
be demoted
gang agley
miss the boat
hit the skids
go to pieces
languish
be found wanting
flag
foul up
screw up
trip up
fluff
fall by the wayside
slip up
be found deficient
redound
come back on
have an adverse effect on
rebound on
fail to work out
reverberate
affect badly
recoil on
“This lifestyle began to go badly wrong from the age of forty-four, when his horse rolled on him in a tournament, crippling one leg and leaving him a chronic invalid.”
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go bags
go bail for
go ballistic
go bananas
gobang
go bad
go backwards
go backward
go back to your old ways
go back to the salt mines
go back to the drawing board
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