| VERB | change | conk out, fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, go, break, break down | stop operating or functioning |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | conk out, poop out, peter out, run down, run out | use up all one's strength and energy and stop working |
| Meaning | stop operating or functioning. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | These cars won't conk out | |
| Synonyms | fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, go, break, break down | |
| Narrower | blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable |
| crash, go down | stop operating | |
| malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly | |
| misfire | fail to fire or detonate | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | break | Render inoperable or ineffective |
| die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it | Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life | |
| Spanish | averiarse, estropearse, fallar, morir, pararse, perecer, romper | |
| Catalan | avariar-se, espatllar-se, fallar, parar-se | |
| Meaning | use up all one's strength and energy and stop working. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | poop out, peter out, run down, run out | |
| Broader | tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade | Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody |
| Catalan | espatllar-se, estropellar-se | |
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