mislukken

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Voornaamste vertalingen
Engels	Nederlands
come to nothing v expr	(plan, idea: fail)	op niets uitdraaien, op niets uitlopen frase
mislukken onoverg.ww
He felt that all his efforts had come to nothing.
fall flat v expr	figurative (fail)	mislukken ww
Jake tried to lighten the mood with a joke, but it fell flat.
fail vi	(not succeed)	mislukken onoverg.ww
falen onoverg.ww
The plan failed because they ran out of money.
fall through vi phrasal	informal, figurative (be unsuccessful, come to nothing)	niet doorgaan bw + overg. ww
mislukken overg.ww
I thought that the deal would be very profitable for my business, but it fell through at the last minute.
misfire vi	figurative (fail)	mislukken onoverg. ww
His criticisms misfired completely.
fall down vi phrasal	figurative (person: fail)	mislukken onoverg.ww
(informeel)	op zijn bek gaan frase
Many students fall down on this test task.
flop vi	figurative, informal (be unsuccessful) (informeel)	floppen onoverg.ww
mislukken, falen onoverg.ww
The new superhero movie flopped.

Aanvullende vertalingen
Engels	Nederlands
failure n	(lack of success)	mislukken nw het
flop nw de
The failure of the new product caused the company to lay off many employees.

Samengestelde woorden:
Engels	Nederlands
bomb vi	figurative, informal (fail) (spreektaal)	floppen onoverg.ww
volledig mislukken onoverg.ww
The previews for the movie looked good, but it bombed.
derail sth vtr	figurative (plan, discussion: disrupt)	doen mislukken, doen mislopen overg.ww
(figuurlijk)	roet in het eten gooien overg.uitdr.
dwarsbomen overg.ww
The freak storm derailed our plans to take a road trip.
doom to failure v expr	(cause to fail)	gedoemd zijn te mislukken frase
spoil vtr	(plan: ruin)	bederven, laten mislukken overg.ww
(spreektaal)	vergallen overg.ww