Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Grow
Grow verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow up to be!
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If you fail to humiliate or kill an orc leader or get killed by one, they grow in power.
Source: Create Your Own Villain - We know that idealistic detective Jim Gordon will fail in his crusade to clean up Gotham, and that organized crime figures Falcone and Maroni will survive and only grow stronger.
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Grow and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/grow
Fail & Grow. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/grow>.
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