fail+to+keep
101drop behind — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fall behind, fail to keep up, be outpaced, slow down; see fail 1 , lag 1 , lose 3 …
102proportion — 01. Because we have a home based business, we can deduct a [proportion] of our rent as an expense when we do our income tax. 02. Writer Anais Nin observed that life shrinks or expands in [proportion] to one s courage. 03. A large [proportion] of… …
103disappoint — [15] Disappoint (a borrowing from French désappointer) originally meant ‘remove from a post or office, sack’ – that is, literally, ‘deprive of an appointment’; ‘A monarch … hath power … to appoint or to disappoint the greatest officers’, Thomas… …
104lose — luËz v. fail to keep possession of; mislay, misplace; be deprived of; be defeated, fail; be bereaved; suffer a loss; waste; miss; go in the wrong direction; become less effective or valuable, diminish …
105loses — luËz v. fail to keep possession of; mislay, misplace; be deprived of; be defeated, fail; be bereaved; suffer a loss; waste; miss; go in the wrong direction; become less effective or valuable, diminish …
106losing — los·ing || luËzɪŋ n. misplacing luËz v. fail to keep possession of; mislay, misplace; be deprived of; be defeated, fail; be bereaved; suffer a loss; waste; miss; go in the wrong direction; become less effective or valuable, diminish …
107lost — lÉ”st /lÉ’st adj. no longer in the possession of, misplaced; irrecoverable; unable to find the right way to go; defeated; destroyed; involved, immersed (in one s thoughts, etc.) luËz v. fail to keep possession of; mislay, misplace; be deprived… …
108blow — blow1 verb (past blew; past participle blown) 1》 (of wind) move creating an air current. ↘be carried or driven by the wind. 2》 expel air through pursed lips. ↘force air through the mouth into (an instrument) to make a sound. ↘force… …
109lag — I [[t]læg[/t]] v. lagged, lag•ging, n. 1) to fail to maintain a desired pace or speed: to lag behind in production[/ex] 2) to linger; delay 3) to decrease gradually; flag: Interest lagged as the meeting went on[/ex] 4) gam to throw one s shooting …
110blow — I. /bloʊ / (say bloh) noun 1. a sudden stroke with hand, fist, or weapon. 2. a sudden shock, or a calamity or reverse. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action. 4. a stroke of the shears made in shearing a sheep. 5. an outcrop of discoloured quartz… …
