in a difficult, desperate, or vulnerable situation where help or intervention may be needed
to fail or encounter difficulties at the beginning of a task or process, before any significant progress has been made
to encounter failure or difficulties just before reaching the end or achieving a goal
used to refer to something that was working or progressing well but suddenly stopped functioning or fell apart
(of a joke, remark, event, etc.) to be completely unsuccessful in amusing people or having the desired effect
to experience a complete failure or defeat, often accompanied by dramatic or disastrous consequences
to experience an embarrassing failure in an attempt to do something
to experience a sudden and significant decline, deterioration, or devaluation, often unexpectedly or rapidly
to repeatedly try to do or achieve something without success
used to convey that one is unable to cope with or handle a particular situation, task, or challenge