Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Serve
Serve verb - To be a servant for.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Adjure is particularly risky; if you fail the skill challenge, you have to serve the creature instead!
Source: Summoning Ritual - They serve as the villains but are just so gimmicky and so... fail that they aren't even threatening anymore.
Source: Adorkable / Anime and Manga -
The Banzai chargers in World At War serve the same purpose; if you fail to kill him in time, your blood-crazed Japanese attacker will instantly bayonet you to death.
Source: Personal Space Invader
Cite this Source
Serve and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/serve
Fail & Serve. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/serve>.
Serve or Fail. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/serve.
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