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All miscarry synonyms

mis·car·ry
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verb miscarry

  • abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
  • fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • founder — a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
  • flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
  • misfire — (of a rifle or gun or of a bullet or shell) to fail to fire or explode.
  • flop — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
  • blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
  • fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
  • fizzle — to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
  • fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
  • miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
  • deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
  • fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
  • go down — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • come to nothing — plan, idea: fail
  • fall flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
  • go astray — person: deviate from correct or good way
  • go downhill — travel down a slope
  • go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • go wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
  • hit bottom — the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page. Synonyms: base, foot, pedestal.
  • hit the skids — get into difficulties
  • lose out — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • miss fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • miss the boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
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