verb
1 not succeed
ADVERB
▪ dismally , miserably
▪
I tried to cheer her up, but ~ed miserably.
▪ spectacularly
▪
She came up with several plans that ~ed spectacularly before finally achieving success.
▪ never
▪
That joke never ~s.
VERB + FAIL
▪ cannot
▪
The song can't ~ to be a hit (= will definitely be a hit) .
▪ can hardly
▪ be bound to , be destined to , be doomed to
▪
an enterprise that was doomed to ~ from the start
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
Doctors are ~ing in their duty if they do not warn their patients of the dangers.
PHRASES
▪ try and ~
▪
Others have tried and ~ed.
2 fail to do sth not do sth
ADVERB
▪ completely , totally
▪
The authorities have totally ~ed to address this problem.
Fail is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ appeal , ↑ approach , ↑ attack , ↑ attempt , ↑ bid , ↑ brake , ↑ business , ↑ campaign , ↑ claim , ↑ company , ↑ crop , ↑ diplomacy , ↑ economy , ↑ effort , ↑ engine , ↑ enterprise , ↑ experiment , ↑ eyesight , ↑ firm , ↑ gamble , ↑ harvest , ↑ health , ↑ heart , ↑ initiative , ↑ light , ↑ manoeuvre , ↑ marriage , ↑ merger , ↑ mission , ↑ move , ↑ negotiation , ↑ nerve , ↑ plan , ↑ rebellion , ↑ referendum , ↑ reform , ↑ relationship , ↑ revolution , ↑ scheme , ↑ sight , ↑ signal , ↑ strategy , ↑ strength , ↑ system , ↑ tactic , ↑ talk , ↑ word
Fail is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ A level , ↑ audition , ↑ class , ↑ course , ↑ exam , ↑ examination , ↑ final , ↑ inspection , ↑ physical , ↑ practical , ↑ subject , ↑ task , ↑ test