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if you fail to plan, you are planning to failThis phrase means exactly what it says. If you don't plan, you are likely to fail.Rate it:

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fail overTo automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.Rate it:

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fail at lifeTo do something disappointing, especially to fail at something.Rate it:

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fail at lifeTo be or become trapped in poverty, or in a situation where someone is not doing anything productive with their lives; to become a loser.Rate it:

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feets don't fail me nowwhen you really need to get somewhere, you don't want your feet to fail and not get you thereRate it:

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without failCertainly; by all means; as a matter of importance.Rate it:

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words fail someoneOf a person: to be incapable of describing something with words, especially due to fear, shock, or surprise.Rate it:

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cry someone a riverTo try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling.Rate it:

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eke outTo obtain with difficulty or effort.Rate it:

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go nowhere fastTo fail to make any progressRate it:

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google itUse the Google search engine to obtain information on something or somebody on the World Wide WebRate it:

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pussy outto fail to do something because of cowardiceRate it:

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quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videreto fail to see what lies before one.Rate it:

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run forTo try to obtain political position through the democratic voting process.Rate it:

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zoom inTo focus a zoom lens in order to obtain a larger image, or a closer view.Rate it:

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zoom outTo focus a zoom lens in order to obtain a smaller image, or a more distant view.Rate it:

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come byTo obtain; to get, now especially by chance or involuntarily.Rate it:

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knock upTo become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.Rate it:

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look upTo obtain information about something from a text source.Rate it:

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latch ontoTo obtain, acquire or get and keep hold of something.Rate it:

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a dumb priest never got a parish(Irish) Those who fail to speak up fail to get what they want.Rate it:

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angle forTo try to obtain something by subtle indirect means. Political manoeuvres, suggestion, etc.Rate it:

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be afterTo try to obtain.Rate it:

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blow upTo fail disastrously.Rate it:

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break downTo fail.Rate it:

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buck forTo strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.).Rate it:

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check outTo obtain computer source code from a repository.Rate it:

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come shortFail to meet (expectations or standards)Rate it:

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fall overOf an argument, to fail to be valid.Rate it:

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shit yourself!Admonition; "Don't Shit Yourself' . . . 'Don't! . . . . kid/deceive/fail/fool/disappoint. . . . . YOURSELF!,Rate it:

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go down the toiletTo fail.Rate it:

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blow one's chanceTo ruin, or fail to capitalise on an opportunity.Rate it:

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bottle outTo fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage.Rate it:

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drop the ballTo fail in one's responsibilities or duties, or to make a mistake, especially at a critical point or when the result is very negative.Rate it:

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fall by the waysideTo fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out.Rate it:

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get one's wayTo obtain the circumstances one wishes for.Rate it:

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go back onTo fail to keep; to renege on; as, to go back on one's promises.Rate it:

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in the right place at the right timeAt a location where something good is about to happen at just the time of its occurrence; lucky; fortunate; able to obtain a benefit due to circumstances, rather than due to merit.Rate it:

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suck upTo adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.Rate it:

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wet the bedTo go bad, to fail (said of machines; a euphemism for shit the bed).Rate it:

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Back to Drawing BoardTo start some work again from the basics to eliminate the errors that made the earlier plan failRate it:

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cherry-pickTo pick out the best, or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.Rate it:

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dog in the huntThis is often used erroneously to indicate that one has no stake in the outcome. As such this is a bastardization of two Southern idioms: "no dog in the fight," and "that dog won't hunt." (The latter indicates something is a bad idea or prone to fail.) Use of the phrase "no dog in the hunt" when one wishes to indicate they have no "dog in the fight" will generate funny glances from any Southerners who overhear it.Rate it:

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screw the poochTo screw up; to fail in dramatic and ignominious fashion.Rate it:

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(ad colloquium) admitti (B. C. 3. 57)to obtain an audience of some one.Rate it:

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ad nomen non respondere (Liv. 7. 4)to fail to answer one's name.Rate it:

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aliquid efficere, consequi in aliqua re (De Or. 1. 33. 152)to obtain a result in something.Rate it:

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ask fortry to obtain by requestingRate it:

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audientiam sibi (orationi) facereto obtain a hearing.Rate it:

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bite the big oneTo perform poorly; to fail.Rate it:

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