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fail of

fail of verb: to come short of accomplishing (a purpose); to fail to do.

Verb

fail of (third-person singular simple present fails of, present participle failing of, simple past and past participle failed of)

  1. (obsolete) To come short of accomplishing (a purpose); to fail to do.

Forms of fail of

third-person singular presentfails of
present participlefailing of
past participlefailed of
pastfailed of

Questions about fail of

What does fail of mean?
Fail of means to come short of accomplishing (a purpose); to fail to do.
What part of speech is fail of?
Fail of is a verb.
What is the past tense of fail of?
The past tense of fail of is failed of.

Words near fail of in the dictionary

  1. fail at life
  2. fail closed
  3. fail dyke
  4. fail dykes
  5. fail fast
  6. fail of
  7. fail open
  8. fail out
  9. fail over
  10. fail safe
  11. fail up

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