do-or-die
fight a losing battle
premortem
nonfailure
bulletproof
be riding for a fall
lay an egg
wither on the vine
dead duck
strike out
strike out looking
fail
copout
take on water
Dunkirk
thwart
languish
ineffectiveness
go down in flames
inefficacy
lay eggs
die on the vine
miss
attempted
downstat
old college try
law of diminishing returns
push one's luck
break down
escape
crush
unfulfillment
manage
mismend
lean into
fall on one's face
another string to one's bow
futile
not win for losing
draw a blank
Jesus nut
bay
death spiral
lose one's way
require improvement
enmesh
let the grass grow under one's feet
hamstring
in a pinch
death grip
at a pinch
underchallenge
exercise in futility
miss the mark
call
fall by the wayside
give something up as a bad job
fall flat on one's face
miss the boat
in vain
throw up one's hands
counterstrategy
butchery
push shit uphill
blow up
teachable moment
kamikaze
blow up in one's face
obviate
bungle
blow
go nowhere
go to the wall
frosh
holding pattern
no-win situation
pull off
nonsuccess
winning
uneffective
walk a tightrope
backfire
unproof
Jenga
reach
self-handicap
unlikely
scant
waterproof
underachieve
bite the big one
counterdifficulty
range
rearguard action
regret
pull out of the fire
underoptimize
desperate measure
misfiring

English words for 'Requiring a determined or desperate effort to avoid the consequences of failure.'

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