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fail up the ladder

fail up the ladder verb: synonym of fail upwards.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of fail upwards.
    Synonyms:
    fail upwards

Synonyms of fail up the ladder

Forms of fail up the ladder

third-person singular presentfails up the ladder
present participlefailing up the ladder
past participlefailed up the ladder
pastfailed up the ladder

Questions about fail up the ladder

What does fail up the ladder mean?
Fail up the ladder means synonym of fail upwards.
What part of speech is fail up the ladder?
Fail up the ladder is a verb.
What is the past tense of fail up the ladder?
The past tense of fail up the ladder is failed up the ladder.

Words near fail up the ladder in the dictionary

  1. fail open
  2. fail out
  3. fail over
  4. fail safe
  5. fail up
  6. fail up the ladder
  7. fail upward
  8. fail upwards
  9. fail whale
  10. fail whales
  11. fail'd

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