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A list of phrases related to the word "fail"...
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All washed up (
failed
)
An abortive attempt
Ban the
bomb
Belly
flop
Better luck next time
Botched job
Buckle under
Buckle under the strain
Burn your fingers
Come apart at the seams
Come to grief
Come up short
Day late and a dollar short
Doctor Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The
Bomb
( Peter Sellers movie )
Don't
lose
any sleep over it
Draw a blank
Failing to plan is planning to fail
Failure to launch
Fall by the wayside
Fall down on the job
Fall flat
Father of The Atomic
Bomb
( Nickname of Robert Oppenheimer )
Flub the dub
Flunk
out
Get no change out of someone
Get off to a bad start
Get your fingers burnt
Give up the ghost
Go belly up
Go bust
Go down in flames
Go down the drain
Go down the tubes
Go downhill
Go to the wall
Go wrong
Got nothing to
lose
Heads I win, tails you
lose
Hit rock bottom
Hit the skids
Hit the slide
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work ( Thomas Edison quotation )
If at first you don't
succeed
try, try and try again
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
Knock the cover off the ball ( A baseball expression meaning
succeed
beyond expectation )
Landed belly up
Lay an egg
Let the side down
Letter
bomb
Looks like a
bomb
has hit it
Lose
Yourself ( Eminem song )
Lose
control
Lose
count
Lose
face
Lose
ground on
Lose
hands down
Lose
out on
Lose
sight of
Lose
the plot
Lose
the thread
Lose
touch with
Lose
track of time
Lose
your balance
Lose
your bearings
Lose
your bottle
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Lose
your cherry
Lose
your cool
Lose
your hair
Lose
your head
Lose
your heart
Lose
your inhibitions
Lose
your looks
Lose
your lunch
Lose
your marbles
Lose
your nerve
Lose
your rag
Lose
your shirt
Lose
your temper
Lose
your tongue
Lose
your touch
Losing streak
Make a balls of something
Make a hash of it
Miss the cut
Nice try
On a hiding to nothing
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Reversal of fortune
Some you win: some you
lose
Strike out swinging ( A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort )
Stuff up
Take a beating
That's blown it
Use it or
lose
it
Weather
bomb
( a rapidly deepening low pressure area causing severe storms )
What you
lose
on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
Win
lose
or draw
Win some,
lose
some
Win the wooden spoon
Workers of the world arise you have nothing to
lose
but your chains
You win some: you
lose
some
Your goose is cooked
Zero out