Fail and Got it

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Fail verb - To stop functioning.

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Got it is an antonym for fail.

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

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Fail is an antonym for got it in appreciate topic.

While that's nonsense (both hemispheres are used for dreaming, and he got it the wrong way around about which is used for reading), it is true that dreams typically fail to produce readable text — see the example under Real Life below.

Source: A Glitch in the Matrix
Epic Fail: In Stolen Years, Jack attempted to build a device that emitted a sound that only ghosts could hear, but got it backwards and made it a sound that humans could hear but ghosts (and half-ghosts) couldn't, and then failed to turn it off for hours.

Source: Fanfic / Facing The Future Series

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Got it and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/got_it

Fail & Got it. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/got_it>.

Got it or Fail. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/got_it.

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