Drop
Drop verb - To stop living.
Usage example: during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies
Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
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Both words in one sentence
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You also need to hire a crew to help you with the support stuff - the more competent they are, the bigger take they demand, but the less likely they are to fail and drop their loot.
Source: The Caper -
In Japan, this made sense: Drop and fail are the same word in Japanese, so the subtext of that scene in Japanese is that she will never get Gin back.
Source: Narm / Anime - He delivers a similar taunt if you fail to rescue Roland from the Bloodshot Ramparts before the drop barge arrives to take him to the Hyperion Friendship Gulag.
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Fail and Drop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drop/fail
Drop & Fail. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/drop/fail>.
Fail or Drop. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drop/fail.
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