• get worse; "Her health is declining"
• stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine Failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
• prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town Failed after a long drought"
• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell Failed him this time"; "His strength finally Failed him"; "His children Failed him in the crisis"
• become bankrupt or insolvent; Fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks Failed that year"
• fall short in what is expected; "She Failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not Fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
• Fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but Failed nevertheless"; "Did I Fail the test?"
• judge unacceptable; "The teacher Failed six students"
• be unsuccessful; "Where do today''s public schools Fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages Failed miserably"
• Fail to do something; leave something undone; "She Failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary Failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
• be unable; "I Fail to understand your motives"

'Fail' in other languages