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verb • fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense • fail to win • suffer the loss of a person through death or removal • miss from one's possessions; lose sight of • allow to go out of sight or mind • fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit • fail to get or obtain • fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind • withdraw, as from reality • be set at a disadvantage | ||||||||
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verb • be obliged to pay or repay • be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense • be in debt | ||||||||
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verb • fail to do something; leave something undone • be unsuccessful • disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake • stop operating or functioning • be unable • judge unacceptable • fail to get a passing grade • fall short in what is expected • become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close • prove insufficient • deteriorate | ||||||||
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| New York Times16 Aug 2023 | Down 59 | |
| New York Times26 Jun 2019 | Across 67 | |
| New York Times04 Jan 2012 | Down 5 | |
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