run a risk
be riding for a fall
drop the ball
can't do right for doing wrong
fail at life
forfeit
get what's coming to one
reap the whirlwind
fuck around and find out
death spiral
lay an egg
losingly
regret
take a dive
dashing hopes
come home to roost
live by the sword, die by the sword
disappointment
make-or-break
jeopardy
dig one's own grave
thwart
forfeiture
flub
reward
take the count
unfulfillment
death ride
peril
Bad Thing
sacrifice
fall on one's face
for someone
disaster
lose ground
doomed
pay the fiddler
reckoning
pay the price
sow dragon's teeth
nonstarter
backfire
come a cropper
no-win situation
scapegoat
lose
lay eggs
come a gutser
dooming
final nail in the coffin
mismaneuver
mis-
teleologism
tradeoff
flame-out
for the loss
go wrong
take the fall
loser
all-or-nothing
repine
losing
pay the penalty
loserly
shore
premortem
fall flat on one's face
game over
repercussion
matter of life and death
failure
in vain
no joy
blow
go nowhere
hickey
play catch-up
write off
primrose path
call
attempted
penalty
cruel
miss
underachieve
consolation
scant
fizzle out
miscarry
aftercost
failingness
consequence
cost
dry hole
implication
fail
scantle
come out

English words for 'To perform an action which may result in a loss or failure.'

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