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| VERB: | 1. To make or become unusable or inoperative: break, ruin. Slang : bust. See HELP. 2. To undergo sudden financial failure: break, bust, collapse, crash, go under. Informal : fold. Idioms: go belly up, go bust, go on the rocks, go to the wall. See MONEY. 3. To lose strength or power: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, flag2, languish, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken. Informal : fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See INCREASE, STRONG. 4. To be unsuccessful: choke, fall through. Informal : fall down, flop. Slang : bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See THRIVE. 5. To cease functioning properly: break down, give out. Slang : conk out. See THRIVE. 6. To not do (something necessary): default, neglect, omit. See DO. 7. To prove deficient or insufficient: give out, run out. Idioms: fall short, run dry, run short. See EXCESS. 8. To receive less than a passing grade: Informal : flunk. See THRIVE.
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