Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Return to
Both terms in one sentence
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Non-Standard Game Over: If you fail the very first tactical mission by losing all four of your initial rookies, you don't get the option to return to base.
Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown -
They Killed Kenny Again: Black and White repeatedly kills each other, but never fail to return to the pages.
Source: Comic Strip / Spy vs. Spy -
It is outright stated that Asriel will fail because the people he has gathered together from various worlds will fade and die unless they return to their own.
Source: Literature / His Dark Materials
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