потерпе́ть неуда́чу — meaning in English

English meaning

• fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
• flop verb To fall or drop down heavily and loosely.
• miscarry verb To lose a pregnancy before the foetus can survive outside the womb.

Senses

потерпе́ть неуда́чу is used for these senses in English:

• fail (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
• fail (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
• flop (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
• lay an egg (idiomatic, of a person, organization, etc.) To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.
• miscarry To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.). [from 16th c.]

fail — full definition

1. verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
2. verb To stop working correctly, as of a machine or system.
3. verb To let someone down by not meeting their expectations or needs.
4. noun Informal: an instance of failure or something that turns out badly.

flop — full definition

1. verb To fall or drop down heavily and loosely.
2. verb To fail completely, especially of a film, product, or performance.
3. noun A complete failure.

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