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What is another word for running aground?

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Verb
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Present participle for to carry, or be carried, to land from a body of water
beaching
grounding
landing
running ashore
shipwrecking
wrecking
washing up
capsizing
sinking
breaking up
foundering
reaching the shore
running on the rocks
coming to rest
docking
anchoring
becoming stranded
becoming beached
stranding
bringing down
“On Sunday the lifeboat rescued a yacht which had run aground off Heir Island.”
Verb
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Present participle for to fail, especially in spectacular fashion
failing
foundering
flopping
yielding
giving
crumpling
falling flat
buckling
falling
collapsing
flunking
backfiring
bombing
floundering
miscarrying
cratering
fizzling
misfiring
missing
tanking
aborting
flatlining
slipping
underperforming
blundering
fluffing
folding
underachieving
falling short
going belly-up
falling through
fizzling out
flaming out
missing the mark
not succeeding
screwing up
biting the dust
breaking down
coming unstuck
going down
lacking success
nosediving
striking out
washing out
coming to naught
coming to nothing
falling by the wayside
going astray
going downhill
hitting the skids
missing the boat
not passing
suffering defeat
coming to grief
falling flat on your face
going by the board
going pear-shaped
going up in smoke
hitting rock bottom
meeting with disaster
not making the grade
turning out badly
coming a cropper
laying an egg
not coming up to scratch
caving in
going awry
going down like a lead balloon
coming unglued
going down the toilet
going wrong
crashing
flummoxing
disappointing
failing miserably
going phut
wallowing
losing
closing
missing the target
boomeranging
falling down
rebounding
sinking without trace
blowing it
going out of business
bombing out
recoiling
declining
deteriorating
backsliding
coming apart
going to the wall
doing something badly
not working
losing money
stopping
halting
losing control
going amiss
hitting bottom
going down swinging
backing wrong horse
losing out
playing into
ganging agley
losing status
breaking
stalling
dying
going bust
crashing and burning
going under
going down in flames
utterly failing
failing heavily
cutting out
giving out
conking out
stopping working
ceasing to function
stopping functioning
seizing up
packing up
losing power
going kaput
giving up the ghost
petering out
fading away
fading out
running down
coming apart at the seams
crumbling
tumbling
dropping
stumbling
slumping
sinking
sliding
ending
going adrift
unravelingUS
slipping up
going to pieces
unravellingUK
tripping up
falling apart
descending
ducking
sagging
going badly
going off course
fouling up
coming to a halt
terminating
languishing
flagging
coming unwrapped
disintegrating
going belly up
bungling
ending in defeat
ending in disappointment
coming to a sticky end
coming to a bad end
going on the rocks
meeting with failure
coming undone
going to ruin
falling to pieces
bringing to naught
falling short of expectations
dissatisfying
not showing
falling short of
going haywire
pooping out
failing to go off
fizzing out
not coming off
ricocheting
having unwelcome repercussions for
bouncing back
backlashing
springing back
redounding on
ricochetting
not going as planned
coming back
having an adverse effect
subsiding
settling
tripping over
tumbling down
coming clattering down
tripping
toppling over
falling in a heap
taking a fall
staggering
falling over
keeling over
going for six
taking a spill
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running ahead
running along
running along from
running alongside
running amok
running amuck
running a game on
running against
running after
running across
running abreast
running about
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