(~s)
If you describe an event or attempt to do something as a ~, you are emphasizing that it fails completely.
The blame for the Charleston ~ did not lie with him...
It was a bit of a ~.
= debacle
N-COUNT: usu with supp emphasis
(~s)
If you describe an event or attempt to do something as a ~, you are emphasizing that it fails completely.
The blame for the Charleston ~ did not lie with him...
It was a bit of a ~.
= debacle
N-COUNT: usu with supp emphasis
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012