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Synset

disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
<verb.emotion>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"His sense of smell failed him this time"
"His strength finally failed him"
"His children failed him in the crisis"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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