Run aground


Synonyms for run aground
verb be unsuccessful

decline
fall
founder
flounder
flop
blunder
fold
abort
fizzle
slip
miscarry

miss
backslide
deteriorate
go down
break down
back wrong horse
be defeated
be demoted
be found lacking
be in vain
be ruined

come to naught
come to nothing
fall flat
fall short
fall through
go astray
go down swinging
go downhill
go up in smoke
go wrong
hit bottom

hit the skids
lose control
lose out
lose status
meet with disaster
miss the boat
play into
turn out badly

Antonyms for run aground

ascend
accomplish
achieve
gain
merit
obtain
prosper
capture

complete
procure
rise
go up
succeed
do well
correct
build

develop
earn
reach
win
deliver
finish

Synonyms
adj marooned, abandoned

helpless
wrecked
aground
ashore
beached

shipwrecked
godforsaken
high and dry
homeless
penniless

grounded
sidetracked
sidelined
cast away
left at the altar

left in the lurch
on the rocks
out in left field
passed up

Antonyms

found

Synonyms
verb ruin, destroy

wrack
impair
ravage
injure
cripple
trash
sabotage
vandalize
mar
devastate
smash
shatter

disable
batter
sink
spoil
undermine
demolish
mangle
decimate
raze
efface
dash
crash

founder
subvert
break
strand
capsize
total
beach
bash
scuttle
crack up
do in
mess up

torpedo
shipwreck
dilapidate
pile up
put out of commission
smash up
take apart
take out
tear up
wrack up

Antonyms

aid
assist
heal
mend
enable
construct

improve
grow
obey
create
help
cure

fix
strengthen
build
repair

Synonyms
verb fail completely

be felled
fail heavily

fail miserably
suffer a misfortune

utterly fail

Synonyms
verb fail to attain goal

abort
decline
founder
flounder
misfire
flop
blunder
fold
fizzle
slip
fall

miss
backslide
deteriorate
go down
fall through
back wrong horse
be defeated
be demoted
be found lacking
be in vain
be ruined

break down
come to naught
come to nothing
fall flat
fall short
go astray
go down swinging
go downhill
go up in smoke
go wrong
hit bottom

hit the skids
lose control
lose out
lose status
meet with disaster
miss fire
miss the boat
miss the mark
play into
turn out badly

Antonyms

improve
ascend
accomplish
achieve

rise
go up
succeed
do well

correct
build
develop

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