Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Make for
Make for verb - Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
Both terms in one sentence
- Characters who try this and fail often get a brutal This Is Reality moment, which can make for good Cringe Comedy instead.
Source: Refuge in Audacity -
Most of their schemes fail for one reason or another, and the Boys quickly blow through the money they make for the schemes that actually succeed.
Source: Failure Is the Only Option -
Possibly falls under Acceptable Breaks from Reality—the message "Sometimes our institutions fail us and other times they don't, depending on the individuals and circumstances involved", if more realistic, doesn't exactly make for compelling drama or social criticism.
Source: Series / The Wire
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