Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Swim in
Both terms in one sentence
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They initially fail as the curse won't stop working—apparently someone is missing—until the ship starts sinking and a pair of sharks swim in—three guesses who those two people were.
Source: Evil Lawyer Joke
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Swim in and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/swim_in
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