eng: fail - UWN/MENTA

eng: fail

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Meaning
means	(verb) 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, neglect
means	(verb) be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" go wrong, fail, miscarry
means	(verb) 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" betray, fail
means	(verb) 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, give out, break, go bad, conk out, die, go, give way, break down
means	(verb) be unable; "I fail to understand your motives" fail
means	(verb) judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students" fail
means	(verb) fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" flunk, fail, bomb, flush it
means	(verb) 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
means	(verb) 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
means	(verb) prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" give out, fail, run out
means	(verb) get worse; "Her health is declining" fail

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