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fail to do

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[fail to do] {v. phr.}

To neglect to do something that is expected of one.

* /Tom waited for Jane for nearly an hour, but she failed to show up./

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	{v. phr.} ²¹⁸²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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