fail#12 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def fall short in what is expected
examples She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law
We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Verb Group fail, flunk, bomb, flush it
Derivationally related form fail → failure; fail → failing
Incoming links
Derivationally related form failure → fail; failing → fail
Verb Group fail, flunk, bomb, flush it

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